diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c
index cee4e72fc893..39a3e03a0acd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c
@@ -468,13 +468,14 @@ void iwl_mvm_tt_handler(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 	}
 
 	if (params->support_tx_backoff) {
-		tx_backoff = 0;
+		tx_backoff = tt->min_backoff;
 		for (i = 0; i < TT_TX_BACKOFF_SIZE; i++) {
 			if (temperature < params->tx_backoff[i].temperature)
 				break;
-			tx_backoff = params->tx_backoff[i].backoff;
+			tx_backoff = max(tt->min_backoff,
+					 params->tx_backoff[i].backoff);
 		}
-		if (tx_backoff != 0)
+		if (tx_backoff != tt->min_backoff)
 			throttle_enable = true;
 		if (tt->tx_backoff != tx_backoff)
 			iwl_mvm_tt_tx_backoff(mvm, tx_backoff);