diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 15de5e3d96fd..c31914a9876f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -355,15 +355,14 @@ static void intel_pstate_set_itmt_prio(int cpu)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = cppc_get_perf_caps(cpu, &cppc_perf);
-	if (ret)
-		return;
-
 	/*
-	 * On some systems with overclocking enabled, CPPC.highest_perf is hardcoded to 0xff.
-	 * In this case we can't use CPPC.highest_perf to enable ITMT.
-	 * In this case we can look at MSR_HWP_CAPABILITIES bits [8:0] to decide.
+	 * If CPPC is not available, fall back to MSR_HWP_CAPABILITIES bits [8:0].
+	 *
+	 * Also, on some systems with overclocking enabled, CPPC.highest_perf is
+	 * hardcoded to 0xff, so CPPC.highest_perf cannot be used to enable ITMT.
+	 * Fall back to MSR_HWP_CAPABILITIES then too.
 	 */
-	if (cppc_perf.highest_perf == CPPC_MAX_PERF)
+	if (ret || cppc_perf.highest_perf == CPPC_MAX_PERF)
 		cppc_perf.highest_perf = HWP_HIGHEST_PERF(READ_ONCE(all_cpu_data[cpu]->hwp_cap_cached));
 
 	/*