diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
index 4ef30120be4d..412a81fdf3ad 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static int mmc_devfreq_set_target(struct device *dev,
 		*freq, current->comm);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&clk_scaling->lock);
-	if (clk_scaling->target_freq == *freq ||
+	if (clk_scaling->curr_freq == *freq ||
 		clk_scaling->skip_clk_scale_freq_update) {
 		spin_unlock_bh(&clk_scaling->lock);
 		goto out;