diff --git a/Core/CoreTiming.cpp b/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
index 0c5cb52f99..0431cb2736 100644
--- a/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
+++ b/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
@@ -61,10 +61,15 @@ static s64 idledCycles;
 static s64 lastGlobalTimeTicks;
 static s64 lastGlobalTimeUs;
 
-void SetClockFrequencyHz(int cpuHz) {
+bool SetClockFrequencyHz(int cpuHz) {
 	if (cpuHz <= 0) {
 		// Paranoid check, protecting against division by zero and similar nonsense.
-		return;
+		return true;  // encourage logging
+	}
+
+	if (cpuHz == CPU_HZ) {
+		// Already at the correct frequency. Bail, false means we'll log at a lower level.
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	// When the mhz changes, we keep track of what "time" it was before hand.
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ void SetClockFrequencyHz(int cpuHz) {
 
 	// TODO: Rescale times of scheduled events?
 	__AudioCPUMHzChange();
+	return true;
 }
 
 int GetClockFrequencyHz() {
diff --git a/Core/CoreTiming.h b/Core/CoreTiming.h
index 995738b82a..11226f3b03 100644
--- a/Core/CoreTiming.h
+++ b/Core/CoreTiming.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ namespace CoreTiming {
 
 	void DoState(PointerWrap &p);
 
-	void SetClockFrequencyHz(int cpuHz);
+	bool SetClockFrequencyHz(int cpuHz);  // Return false if the frequency was already set.
 	int GetClockFrequencyHz();
 
 	// TODO: Add accessors?
diff --git a/Core/HLE/scePower.cpp b/Core/HLE/scePower.cpp
index 3d42b0335c..5fb64ec4d4 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/scePower.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/scePower.cpp
@@ -442,12 +442,6 @@ static u32 scePowerSetClockFrequency(u32 pllfreq, u32 cpufreq, u32 busfreq) {
 	if (busfreq == 0 || busfreq > 166) {
 		return hleLogWarning(Log::sceMisc, SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE, "invalid bus frequency");
 	}
-	// TODO: More restrictions.
-	if (GetLockedCPUSpeedMhz() > 0) {
-		INFO_LOG(Log::HLE, "scePowerSetClockFrequency(%i,%i,%i): locked by user config at %i, %i, %i", pllfreq, cpufreq, busfreq, GetLockedCPUSpeedMhz(), GetLockedCPUSpeedMhz(), busFreq);
-	} else {
-		INFO_LOG(Log::HLE, "scePowerSetClockFrequency(%i,%i,%i)", pllfreq, cpufreq, busfreq);
-	}
 	// Only reschedules when the stepped PLL frequency changes.
 	// It seems like the busfreq parameter has no effect (but can cause errors.)
 	if (RealpllFreq != PowerPllMhzToHz(pllfreq)) {
@@ -471,8 +465,15 @@ static u32 scePowerSetClockFrequency(u32 pllfreq, u32 cpufreq, u32 busfreq) {
 
 		return hleDelayResult(hleNoLog(0), "scepower set clockFrequency", usec);
 	}
-	if (GetLockedCPUSpeedMhz() <= 0)
-		CoreTiming::SetClockFrequencyHz(PowerCpuMhzToHz(cpufreq, pllFreq));
+	if (GetLockedCPUSpeedMhz() <= 0) {
+		if (CoreTiming::SetClockFrequencyHz(PowerCpuMhzToHz(cpufreq, pllFreq))) {
+			return hleLogInfo(Log::HLE, 0);
+		} else {
+			return hleLogDebug(Log::HLE, 0);
+		}
+	} else {
+		return hleLogInfo(Log::HLE, 0, "locked by user config at %i, %i, %i", GetLockedCPUSpeedMhz(), GetLockedCPUSpeedMhz(), busFreq);
+	}
 	return hleNoLog(0);
 }