diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index edb3b6981b73..9c8a78f9ddce 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -1132,17 +1132,12 @@ static void intel_pstate_get_min_max(struct cpudata *cpu, int *min, int *max)
 	*min = clamp_t(int, min_perf, cpu->pstate.min_pstate, max_perf);
 }
 
-static inline void intel_pstate_record_pstate(struct cpudata *cpu, int pstate)
-{
-	trace_cpu_frequency(pstate * cpu->pstate.scaling, cpu->cpu);
-	cpu->pstate.current_pstate = pstate;
-}
-
 static void intel_pstate_set_min_pstate(struct cpudata *cpu)
 {
 	int pstate = cpu->pstate.min_pstate;
 
-	intel_pstate_record_pstate(cpu, pstate);
+	trace_cpu_frequency(pstate * cpu->pstate.scaling, cpu->cpu);
+	cpu->pstate.current_pstate = pstate;
 	/*
 	 * Generally, there is no guarantee that this code will always run on
 	 * the CPU being updated, so force the register update to run on the
@@ -1302,10 +1297,11 @@ static inline void intel_pstate_update_pstate(struct cpudata *cpu, int pstate)
 
 	intel_pstate_get_min_max(cpu, &min_perf, &max_perf);
 	pstate = clamp_t(int, pstate, min_perf, max_perf);
+	trace_cpu_frequency(pstate * cpu->pstate.scaling, cpu->cpu);
 	if (pstate == cpu->pstate.current_pstate)
 		return;
 
-	intel_pstate_record_pstate(cpu, pstate);
+	cpu->pstate.current_pstate = pstate;
 	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_PERF_CTL, pstate_funcs.get_val(cpu, pstate));
 }