diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 96515880b4ac..54dde8419bdc 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2590,8 +2590,8 @@ static void cpufreq_update_pressure(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	cpu = cpumask_first(policy->related_cpus);
 	max_freq = arch_scale_freq_ref(cpu);
-	if (!max_freq)
-		max_freq = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
+	if (!max_freq && cpufreq_driver->scale_freq_ref)
+		max_freq = cpufreq_driver->scale_freq_ref(policy);
 
 	capped_freq = policy->max;
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index ceb340f7a110..17158cb25dd8 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -1135,6 +1135,14 @@ static bool hybrid_clear_max_perf_cpu(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static unsigned int intel_pstate_scale_freq_ref(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	if (READ_ONCE(all_cpu_data[policy->cpu]->capacity_perf))
+		return policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void intel_pstate_update_freq_limits(struct cpudata *cpu)
 {
 	int scaling = cpu->pstate.scaling;
@@ -3088,6 +3096,7 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver intel_pstate = {
 	.offline	= intel_pstate_cpu_offline,
 	.online		= intel_pstate_cpu_online,
 	.update_limits	= intel_pstate_update_limits,
+	.scale_freq_ref = intel_pstate_scale_freq_ref,
 	.name		= "intel_pstate",
 };
 
@@ -3411,6 +3420,7 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver intel_cpufreq = {
 	.suspend	= intel_cpufreq_suspend,
 	.resume		= intel_pstate_resume,
 	.update_limits	= intel_pstate_update_limits,
+	.scale_freq_ref = intel_pstate_scale_freq_ref,
 	.name		= "intel_cpufreq",
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 35ce665edfd8..d3d0d9d02aa4 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
 	/* Will be called after the driver is fully initialized */
 	void		(*ready)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 
+	/* Return the capacity reference frequency for policy. */
+	unsigned int	(*scale_freq_ref)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
+
 	struct freq_attr **attr;
 
 	/* platform specific boost support code */