diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index 384be74cfcbc..e2a9b9c6e6c7 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -474,9 +474,9 @@ devfs_system_ruleset=""	# The name of a ruleset to apply to /dev
 devfs_set_rulesets=""	# A list of /mount/dev=ruleset_name settings to
 			# apply (must be mounted already, i.e. fstab(5))
 performance_cx_lowest="HIGH"		# Online CPU idle state
-performance_cpu_freq="NONE"		# Online CPU frequency
+performance_cpu_freq="HIGH"		# Online CPU frequency
 economy_cx_lowest="HIGH"		# Offline CPU idle state
-economy_cpu_freq="NONE"			# Offline CPU frequency
+economy_cpu_freq="HIGH"			# Offline CPU frequency
 virecover_enable="YES"	# Perform housekeeping for the vi(1) editor
 ugidfw_enable="NO"	# Load mac_bsdextended(4) rules on boot
 bsdextended_script="/etc/rc.bsdextended"	# Default mac_bsdextended(4)