diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index 1df28ecf6226..a1ab4a71eab1 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ static int ufshcd_devfreq_target(struct device *dev,
 		ktime_to_us(ktime_sub(ktime_get(), start)), ret);
 
 out:
-	if (sched_clk_scaling_suspend_work)
+	if (sched_clk_scaling_suspend_work && !scale_up)
 		queue_work(hba->clk_scaling.workq,
 			   &hba->clk_scaling.suspend_work);