diff --git a/include/linux/energy_model.h b/include/linux/energy_model.h
index 73f8c3cb9588..82cd68bbb8f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/energy_model.h
+++ b/include/linux/energy_model.h
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ static inline unsigned long em_pd_energy(struct em_perf_domain *pd,
 	struct em_cap_state *cs;
 	int i, cpu;
 
+	if (!sum_util)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * In order to predict the capacity state, map the utilization of the
 	 * most utilized CPU of the performance domain to a requested frequency,