diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 0a6eff8a278b..2dde735635ec 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -803,8 +803,36 @@ static inline void uclamp_se_set(struct uclamp_se *uc_se, unsigned int value)
 	uc_se->bucket_id = uclamp_bucket_id(value);
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int
+uclamp_idle_value(struct rq *rq, unsigned int clamp_id,
+		  unsigned int clamp_value)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Avoid blocked utilization pushing up the frequency when we go
+	 * idle (which drops the max-clamp) by retaining the last known
+	 * max-clamp.
+	 */
+	if (clamp_id == UCLAMP_MAX) {
+		rq->uclamp_flags |= UCLAMP_FLAG_IDLE;
+		return clamp_value;
+	}
+
+	return uclamp_none(UCLAMP_MIN);
+}
+
+static inline void uclamp_idle_reset(struct rq *rq, unsigned int clamp_id,
+				     unsigned int clamp_value)
+{
+	/* Reset max-clamp retention only on idle exit */
+	if (!(rq->uclamp_flags & UCLAMP_FLAG_IDLE))
+		return;
+
+	WRITE_ONCE(rq->uclamp[clamp_id].value, clamp_value);
+}
+
 static inline
-unsigned int uclamp_rq_max_value(struct rq *rq, unsigned int clamp_id)
+unsigned int uclamp_rq_max_value(struct rq *rq, unsigned int clamp_id,
+				 unsigned int clamp_value)
 {
 	struct uclamp_bucket *bucket = rq->uclamp[clamp_id].bucket;
 	int bucket_id = UCLAMP_BUCKETS - 1;
@@ -820,7 +848,7 @@ unsigned int uclamp_rq_max_value(struct rq *rq, unsigned int clamp_id)
 	}
 
 	/* No tasks -- default clamp values */
-	return uclamp_none(clamp_id);
+	return uclamp_idle_value(rq, clamp_id, clamp_value);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -845,6 +873,8 @@ static inline void uclamp_rq_inc_id(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
 	bucket = &uc_rq->bucket[uc_se->bucket_id];
 	bucket->tasks++;
 
+	uclamp_idle_reset(rq, clamp_id, uc_se->value);
+
 	/*
 	 * Local max aggregation: rq buckets always track the max
 	 * "requested" clamp value of its RUNNABLE tasks.
@@ -871,6 +901,7 @@ static inline void uclamp_rq_dec_id(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
 	struct uclamp_rq *uc_rq = &rq->uclamp[clamp_id];
 	struct uclamp_se *uc_se = &p->uclamp[clamp_id];
 	struct uclamp_bucket *bucket;
+	unsigned int bkt_clamp;
 	unsigned int rq_clamp;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&rq->lock);
@@ -895,8 +926,10 @@ static inline void uclamp_rq_dec_id(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
 	 * e.g. due to future modification, warn and fixup the expected value.
 	 */
 	SCHED_WARN_ON(bucket->value > rq_clamp);
-	if (bucket->value >= rq_clamp)
-		WRITE_ONCE(uc_rq->value, uclamp_rq_max_value(rq, clamp_id));
+	if (bucket->value >= rq_clamp) {
+		bkt_clamp = uclamp_rq_max_value(rq, clamp_id, uc_se->value);
+		WRITE_ONCE(uc_rq->value, bkt_clamp);
+	}
 }
 
 static inline void uclamp_rq_inc(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
@@ -908,6 +941,10 @@ static inline void uclamp_rq_inc(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 
 	for_each_clamp_id(clamp_id)
 		uclamp_rq_inc_id(rq, p, clamp_id);
+
+	/* Reset clamp idle holding when there is one RUNNABLE task */
+	if (rq->uclamp_flags & UCLAMP_FLAG_IDLE)
+		rq->uclamp_flags &= ~UCLAMP_FLAG_IDLE;
 }
 
 static inline void uclamp_rq_dec(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
@@ -926,8 +963,10 @@ static void __init init_uclamp(void)
 	unsigned int clamp_id;
 	int cpu;
 
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		memset(&cpu_rq(cpu)->uclamp, 0, sizeof(struct uclamp_rq));
+		cpu_rq(cpu)->uclamp_flags = 0;
+	}
 
 	for_each_clamp_id(clamp_id) {
 		uclamp_se_set(&init_task.uclamp[clamp_id],
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index cecc6baaba93..0d2ba8bb2cb3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -870,6 +870,8 @@ struct rq {
 #ifdef CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK
 	/* Utilization clamp values based on CPU's RUNNABLE tasks */
 	struct uclamp_rq	uclamp[UCLAMP_CNT] ____cacheline_aligned;
+	unsigned int		uclamp_flags;
+#define UCLAMP_FLAG_IDLE 0x01
 #endif
 
 	struct cfs_rq		cfs;