diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
index 71b523293354..3ca15a8cbaa8 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
 		data->needs_update = 0;
 	}
 
-	data->last_state_idx = 0;
+	data->last_state_idx = CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START - 1;
 
 	/* Special case when user has set very strict latency requirement */
 	if (unlikely(latency_req == 0))