diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index 8532bb79e5fc52dfc8d45ac3aba16b3f6ecd796f..dc6f357390e22c557018755cee756825c3b30eda 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static struct attribute_group dbs_attr_group = {
 static void dbs_check_cpu(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *this_dbs_info)
 {
 	unsigned int idle_ticks, total_ticks;
-	unsigned int load;
+	unsigned int load = 0;
 	cputime64_t cur_jiffies;
 
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
@@ -370,7 +370,8 @@ static void dbs_check_cpu(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *this_dbs_info)
 		if (tmp_idle_ticks < idle_ticks)
 			idle_ticks = tmp_idle_ticks;
 	}
-	load = (100 * (total_ticks - idle_ticks)) / total_ticks;
+	if (likely(total_ticks > idle_ticks))
+		load = (100 * (total_ticks - idle_ticks)) / total_ticks;
 
 	/* Check for frequency increase */
 	if (load > dbs_tuners_ins.up_threshold) {