diff --git a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl_common.c b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl_common.c
index a13a07f475d2..285420c1eb7c 100644
--- a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl_common.c
+++ b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl_common.c
@@ -938,6 +938,9 @@ static u64 rapl_compute_time_window_core(struct rapl_package *rp, u64 value,
 		y = value & 0x1f;
 		value = (1 << y) * (4 + f) * rp->time_unit / 4;
 	} else {
+		if (value < rp->time_unit)
+			return 0;
+
 		do_div(value, rp->time_unit);
 		y = ilog2(value);
 		f = div64_u64(4 * (value - (1 << y)), 1 << y);