diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index fe0bb7a79dee..b48f465ea19b 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int devfreq_set_target(struct devfreq *devfreq, unsigned long new_freq,
 
 	devfreq->previous_freq = new_freq;
 
-	if (devfreq->suspend_freq)
+	if (devfreq->suspend_freq >= 0)
 		devfreq->resume_freq = new_freq;
 
 	return err;
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ int devfreq_suspend_device(struct devfreq *devfreq)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (devfreq->suspend_freq) {
+	if (devfreq->suspend_freq >= 0) {
 		mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
 		ret = devfreq_set_target(devfreq, devfreq->suspend_freq, 0);
 		mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);