diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 58dca9e8668e..4e1184f49706 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ static int sugov_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 				cpufreq_policy_transition_delay_us(policy);
 	tunables->down_rate_limit_us =
 				cpufreq_policy_transition_delay_us(policy);
+	tunables->exp_util = true;
 
 	policy->governor_data = sg_policy;
 	sg_policy->tunables = tunables;