diff --git a/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c
index 3f6a69ccc173..6e1d6a31ee4f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static int cpufreq_set_cur_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
 	ret = freq_qos_update_request(&cpufreq_cdev->qos_req, frequency);
 	if (ret >= 0) {
 		cpufreq_cdev->cpufreq_state = state;
-		cpus = cpufreq_cdev->policy->cpus;
+		cpus = cpufreq_cdev->policy->related_cpus;
 		max_capacity = arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpumask_first(cpus));
 		capacity = frequency * max_capacity;
 		capacity /= cpufreq_cdev->policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;