diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/tegra30-devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/tegra30-devfreq.c
index 4be7858c33bc..813b0f490b90 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/tegra30-devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/tegra30-devfreq.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/pm_opp.h>
 #include <linux/reset.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #include "governor.h"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 #define ACTMON_DEV_AVG_UPPER_WMARK				0x10
 #define ACTMON_DEV_AVG_LOWER_WMARK				0x14
 #define ACTMON_DEV_COUNT_WEIGHT					0x18
+#define ACTMON_DEV_COUNT					0x1c
 #define ACTMON_DEV_AVG_COUNT					0x20
 #define ACTMON_DEV_INTR_STATUS					0x24
 
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@
 
 #define ACTMON_DEV_INTR_CONSECUTIVE_UPPER			BIT(31)
 #define ACTMON_DEV_INTR_CONSECUTIVE_LOWER			BIT(30)
+#define ACTMON_DEV_INTR_AVG_BELOW_WMARK				BIT(25)
+#define ACTMON_DEV_INTR_AVG_ABOVE_WMARK				BIT(24)
 
 #define ACTMON_ABOVE_WMARK_WINDOW				1
 #define ACTMON_BELOW_WMARK_WINDOW				3
@@ -63,9 +67,8 @@
  * ACTMON_AVERAGE_WINDOW_LOG2: default value for @DEV_CTRL_K_VAL, which
  * translates to 2 ^ (K_VAL + 1). ex: 2 ^ (6 + 1) = 128
  */
-#define ACTMON_AVERAGE_WINDOW_LOG2			6
-#define ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD				12 /* ms */
-#define ACTMON_DEFAULT_AVG_BAND				6  /* 1/10 of % */
+#define ACTMON_AVERAGE_WINDOW_LOG2				6
+#define ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD					12 /* ms */
 
 #define KHZ							1000
 
@@ -142,9 +145,6 @@ struct tegra_devfreq_device {
 	 * watermark breaches.
 	 */
 	unsigned long boost_freq;
-
-	/* Optimal frequency calculated from the stats for this device */
-	unsigned long target_freq;
 };
 
 struct tegra_devfreq {
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ struct tegra_devfreq {
 
 	struct clk		*emc_clock;
 	unsigned long		max_freq;
-	unsigned long		cur_freq;
+
+	struct work_struct	update_work;
 	struct notifier_block	rate_change_nb;
 
 	struct tegra_devfreq_device devices[ARRAY_SIZE(actmon_device_configs)];
@@ -205,42 +206,216 @@ static unsigned long do_percent(unsigned long val, unsigned int pct)
 	return val * pct / 100;
 }
 
+static unsigned long actmon_cpu_to_emc_rate(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra)
+{
+	struct tegra_actmon_emc_ratio *ratio = actmon_emc_ratios;
+	unsigned int cpu_freq = cpufreq_get(0);
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(actmon_emc_ratios); i++, ratio++) {
+		if (cpu_freq >= ratio->cpu_freq) {
+			if (ratio->emc_freq >= tegra->max_freq)
+				return tegra->max_freq;
+			else
+				return ratio->emc_freq;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned long
+tegra_actmon_account_cpu_freq(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
+			      struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev,
+			      unsigned long target_freq,
+			      unsigned long count)
+{
+	unsigned long static_cpu_emc_freq;
+
+	if (dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold &&
+	    dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold < count) {
+		static_cpu_emc_freq = actmon_cpu_to_emc_rate(tegra);
+		target_freq = max(target_freq, static_cpu_emc_freq);
+	}
+
+	return target_freq;
+}
+
+static unsigned long tegra_actmon_lower_freq(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
+					     unsigned long target_freq)
+{
+	unsigned long lower = target_freq;
+	struct dev_pm_opp *opp;
+
+	opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_floor(tegra->devfreq->dev.parent, &lower);
+	if (IS_ERR(opp))
+		lower = 0;
+	else
+		dev_pm_opp_put(opp);
+
+	return lower;
+}
+
+static unsigned long tegra_actmon_upper_freq(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
+					     unsigned long target_freq)
+{
+	unsigned long upper = target_freq + 1;
+	struct dev_pm_opp *opp;
+
+	opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil(tegra->devfreq->dev.parent, &upper);
+	if (IS_ERR(opp))
+		upper = ULONG_MAX;
+	else
+		dev_pm_opp_put(opp);
+
+	return upper;
+}
+
+static void tegra_actmon_get_lower_upper(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
+					 struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev,
+					 unsigned long count,
+					 unsigned long *lower,
+					 unsigned long *upper)
+{
+	unsigned long target_freq, min;
+
+	target_freq = count / ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD * KHZ;
+
+	/*
+	 * Memory frequencies are guaranteed to have 1MHz granularity
+	 * and thus we need this rounding down to get a proper watermarks
+	 * range in a case where target_freq falls into a range of
+	 * next_possible_opp_freq - 1MHz.
+	 */
+	target_freq = round_down(target_freq, 1000000);
+
+	*lower = tegra_actmon_lower_freq(tegra, target_freq);
+
+	/*
+	 * When memory activity is below the minimum bandwidth that EMC
+	 * driver could provide, the upper watermark should be set for
+	 * the second OPP to avoid unnecessary interrupts activity when
+	 * the minimum threshold is crossed towards zero bandwidth.
+	 *
+	 *         ------ target_freq
+	 *         |        ----------------- minimum possible freq
+	 *         v        v
+	 * |0|----------|min freq|----|second freq|----|third freq|---...
+	 *  ^                                ^
+	 *  |                                |
+	 *  ---- lower watermark             ---- upper watermark
+	 */
+	min = tegra_actmon_upper_freq(tegra, 0);
+
+	if (target_freq < min)
+		*upper = tegra_actmon_upper_freq(tegra, min);
+	else
+		*upper = tegra_actmon_upper_freq(tegra, target_freq);
+
+	*lower /= KHZ;
+	*upper /= KHZ;
+
+	/*
+	 * The upper watermark should take into account CPU's frequency
+	 * because cpu_to_emc_rate() may override the target_freq with
+	 * a higher value and thus upper watermark need to be set up
+	 * accordingly to avoid parasitic upper-events.
+	 */
+	*upper = tegra_actmon_account_cpu_freq(tegra, dev, *upper, count);
+
+	*lower *= ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD;
+	*upper *= ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD;
+}
+
 static void tegra_devfreq_update_avg_wmark(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
 					   struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev)
 {
-	u32 avg = dev->avg_count;
-	u32 avg_band_freq = tegra->max_freq * ACTMON_DEFAULT_AVG_BAND / KHZ;
-	u32 band = avg_band_freq * ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD;
+	unsigned long count = dev->avg_count;
+	unsigned long lower, upper;
+
+	tegra_actmon_get_lower_upper(tegra, dev, count, &lower, &upper);
 
-	device_writel(dev, avg + band, ACTMON_DEV_AVG_UPPER_WMARK);
+	/*
+	 * We want to get interrupts when MCCPU client crosses the
+	 * dependency threshold in order to into / out of account the
+	 * CPU's freq.
+	 */
+	if (lower == 0 && dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold) {
+		if (count < dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold)
+			upper = dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold;
+		else
+			lower = dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold;
+	}
 
-	avg = max(dev->avg_count, band);
-	device_writel(dev, avg - band, ACTMON_DEV_AVG_LOWER_WMARK);
+	device_writel(dev, lower, ACTMON_DEV_AVG_LOWER_WMARK);
+	device_writel(dev, upper, ACTMON_DEV_AVG_UPPER_WMARK);
 }
 
 static void tegra_devfreq_update_wmark(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
 				       struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev)
 {
-	u32 val = tegra->cur_freq * ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD;
+	unsigned long count = device_readl(dev, ACTMON_DEV_COUNT);
+	unsigned long lower, upper, delta;
 
-	device_writel(dev, do_percent(val, dev->config->boost_up_threshold),
-		      ACTMON_DEV_UPPER_WMARK);
+	/*
+	 * Boosting logic kicks-in once lower / upper watermark is hit.
+	 *
+	 *                  count --------       --- upper delta
+	 *                               v       v
+	 * ...--|OPP N|--|lower|<------->-<--------->|upper|--|OPP N+1|--...
+	 *                          ^        ^
+	 *                          |        |
+	 *             lower delta---        |
+	 *                                   |
+	 * average count somewhere there------
+	 */
+
+	tegra_actmon_get_lower_upper(tegra, dev, count, &lower, &upper);
+
+	/* don't forget to take boosting into account */
+	upper += dev->boost_freq;
+
+	/* the lesser memory activity goes, the harder is boost-down */
+	delta = do_percent(count - lower, dev->config->boost_down_threshold);
+	device_writel(dev, count - delta, ACTMON_DEV_LOWER_WMARK);
 
-	device_writel(dev, do_percent(val, dev->config->boost_down_threshold),
-		      ACTMON_DEV_LOWER_WMARK);
+	/* the higher memory activity goes, the softer is boost-up */
+	delta = do_percent(upper - count, dev->config->boost_up_threshold);
+	device_writel(dev, count + delta, ACTMON_DEV_UPPER_WMARK);
 }
 
 static void actmon_isr_device(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
 			      struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev)
 {
-	u32 intr_status, dev_ctrl;
+	u32 intr_status, dev_ctrl, avg_intr_mask;
+	bool low_activity = true;
 
 	dev->avg_count = device_readl(dev, ACTMON_DEV_AVG_COUNT);
-	tegra_devfreq_update_avg_wmark(tegra, dev);
-
 	intr_status = device_readl(dev, ACTMON_DEV_INTR_STATUS);
 	dev_ctrl = device_readl(dev, ACTMON_DEV_CTRL);
 
+	avg_intr_mask = ACTMON_DEV_INTR_AVG_BELOW_WMARK |
+			ACTMON_DEV_INTR_AVG_ABOVE_WMARK;
+
+	if (intr_status & avg_intr_mask)
+		tegra_devfreq_update_avg_wmark(tegra, dev);
+
+	/*
+	 * Instantly cutoff boosting if CPU isn't touching memory nearly
+	 * at all for awhile, this result in a more interactive governing.
+	 *
+	 * MCALL doesn't have the minimum activity threshold.
+	 *
+	 * Note that it's important to disabled boosting before calling
+	 * tegra_devfreq_update_wmark() because it takes boosting into
+	 * account.
+	 */
+	if (dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold &&
+	    dev->avg_count < dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold)
+		dev->boost_freq = 0;
+	else
+		low_activity = false;
+
 	if (intr_status & ACTMON_DEV_INTR_CONSECUTIVE_UPPER) {
 		/*
 		 * new_boost = min(old_boost * up_coef + step, max_freq)
@@ -249,12 +424,10 @@ static void actmon_isr_device(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
 					     dev->config->boost_up_coeff);
 		dev->boost_freq += ACTMON_BOOST_FREQ_STEP;
 
-		dev_ctrl |= ACTMON_DEV_CTRL_CONSECUTIVE_BELOW_WMARK_EN;
-
-		if (dev->boost_freq >= tegra->max_freq)
+		if (dev->boost_freq >= tegra->max_freq && !low_activity)
 			dev->boost_freq = tegra->max_freq;
-		else
-			dev_ctrl |= ACTMON_DEV_CTRL_CONSECUTIVE_ABOVE_WMARK_EN;
+
+		tegra_devfreq_update_wmark(tegra, dev);
 	} else if (intr_status & ACTMON_DEV_INTR_CONSECUTIVE_LOWER) {
 		/*
 		 * new_boost = old_boost * down_coef
@@ -263,19 +436,10 @@ static void actmon_isr_device(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
 		dev->boost_freq = do_percent(dev->boost_freq,
 					     dev->config->boost_down_coeff);
 
-		dev_ctrl |= ACTMON_DEV_CTRL_CONSECUTIVE_ABOVE_WMARK_EN;
-
 		if (dev->boost_freq < (ACTMON_BOOST_FREQ_STEP >> 1))
 			dev->boost_freq = 0;
-		else
-			dev_ctrl |= ACTMON_DEV_CTRL_CONSECUTIVE_BELOW_WMARK_EN;
-	}
 
-	if (dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold) {
-		if (dev->avg_count >= dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold)
-			dev_ctrl |= ACTMON_DEV_CTRL_CONSECUTIVE_BELOW_WMARK_EN;
-		else if (dev->boost_freq == 0)
-			dev_ctrl &= ~ACTMON_DEV_CTRL_CONSECUTIVE_BELOW_WMARK_EN;
+		tegra_devfreq_update_wmark(tegra, dev);
 	}
 
 	device_writel(dev, dev_ctrl, ACTMON_DEV_CTRL);
@@ -283,43 +447,20 @@ static void actmon_isr_device(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
 	device_writel(dev, ACTMON_INTR_STATUS_CLEAR, ACTMON_DEV_INTR_STATUS);
 }
 
-static unsigned long actmon_cpu_to_emc_rate(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
-					    unsigned long cpu_freq)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-	struct tegra_actmon_emc_ratio *ratio = actmon_emc_ratios;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(actmon_emc_ratios); i++, ratio++) {
-		if (cpu_freq >= ratio->cpu_freq) {
-			if (ratio->emc_freq >= tegra->max_freq)
-				return tegra->max_freq;
-			else
-				return ratio->emc_freq;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void actmon_update_target(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
-				 struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev)
+static unsigned long actmon_update_target(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
+					  struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev)
 {
-	unsigned long cpu_freq = 0;
-	unsigned long static_cpu_emc_freq = 0;
-	unsigned int avg_sustain_coef;
-
-	if (dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold) {
-		cpu_freq = cpufreq_get(0);
-		static_cpu_emc_freq = actmon_cpu_to_emc_rate(tegra, cpu_freq);
-	}
+	unsigned long avg_sustain_coef, target_freq;
 
-	dev->target_freq = dev->avg_count / ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD;
 	avg_sustain_coef = 100 * 100 / dev->config->boost_up_threshold;
-	dev->target_freq = do_percent(dev->target_freq, avg_sustain_coef);
-	dev->target_freq += dev->boost_freq;
 
-	if (dev->avg_count >= dev->config->avg_dependency_threshold)
-		dev->target_freq = max(dev->target_freq, static_cpu_emc_freq);
+	target_freq = dev->avg_count / ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD;
+	target_freq = do_percent(target_freq, avg_sustain_coef);
+	target_freq += dev->boost_freq;
+	target_freq = tegra_actmon_account_cpu_freq(tegra, dev, target_freq,
+						    dev->avg_count);
+
+	return target_freq;
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t actmon_thread_isr(int irq, void *data)
@@ -347,26 +488,53 @@ static irqreturn_t actmon_thread_isr(int irq, void *data)
 	return handled ? IRQ_HANDLED : IRQ_NONE;
 }
 
+static void tegra_actmon_update_watermarks(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra)
+{
+	struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev = tegra->devices;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tegra->devices); i++, dev++) {
+		tegra_devfreq_update_avg_wmark(tegra, dev);
+		tegra_devfreq_update_wmark(tegra, dev);
+	}
+}
+
+static void tegra_actmon_delayed_update(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct tegra_devfreq *tegra = container_of(work, struct tegra_devfreq,
+						   update_work);
+	unsigned long previous_freq;
+
+	mutex_lock(&tegra->devfreq->lock);
+
+	previous_freq = tegra->devfreq->previous_freq;
+
+	update_devfreq(tegra->devfreq);
+
+	/*
+	 * CPU freq changed and this may result in a change of a target
+	 * memory  rate, hence the watermarks may need to be updated too
+	 * because they depend on the CPU's freq and interrupt events will
+	 * stop if the watermark's range is now larger than it should be.
+	 */
+	if (tegra->devfreq->previous_freq != previous_freq)
+		tegra_actmon_update_watermarks(tegra);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&tegra->devfreq->lock);
+}
+
 static int tegra_actmon_rate_notify_cb(struct notifier_block *nb,
 				       unsigned long action, void *ptr)
 {
-	struct clk_notifier_data *data = ptr;
 	struct tegra_devfreq *tegra;
-	struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev;
-	unsigned int i;
 
-	if (action != POST_RATE_CHANGE)
+	if (action != CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE)
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 
 	tegra = container_of(nb, struct tegra_devfreq, rate_change_nb);
 
-	tegra->cur_freq = data->new_rate / KHZ;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tegra->devices); i++) {
-		dev = &tegra->devices[i];
-
-		tegra_devfreq_update_wmark(tegra, dev);
-	}
+	/* notifier runs with a disabled preemption */
+	schedule_work(&tegra->update_work);
 
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
@@ -374,11 +542,10 @@ static int tegra_actmon_rate_notify_cb(struct notifier_block *nb,
 static void tegra_actmon_configure_device(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
 					  struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev)
 {
-	u32 val = 0;
-
-	dev->target_freq = tegra->cur_freq;
+	u32 val = 0, target_freq;
 
-	dev->avg_count = tegra->cur_freq * ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD;
+	target_freq = clk_get_rate(tegra->emc_clock) / KHZ;
+	dev->avg_count = target_freq * ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD;
 	device_writel(dev, dev->avg_count, ACTMON_DEV_INIT_AVG);
 
 	tegra_devfreq_update_avg_wmark(tegra, dev);
@@ -403,9 +570,16 @@ static void tegra_actmon_configure_device(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra,
 	device_writel(dev, val, ACTMON_DEV_CTRL);
 }
 
-static void tegra_actmon_start(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra)
+static void tegra_actmon_stop_device(struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev)
+{
+	device_writel(dev, 0x00000000, ACTMON_DEV_CTRL);
+	device_writel(dev, ACTMON_INTR_STATUS_CLEAR, ACTMON_DEV_INTR_STATUS);
+}
+
+static int tegra_actmon_start(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
+	int err;
 
 	actmon_writel(tegra, ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD - 1,
 		      ACTMON_GLB_PERIOD_CTRL);
@@ -413,7 +587,30 @@ static void tegra_actmon_start(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tegra->devices); i++)
 		tegra_actmon_configure_device(tegra, &tegra->devices[i]);
 
+	/*
+	 * We are estimating CPU's memory bandwidth requirement based on
+	 * amount of memory accesses and system's load, judging by CPU's
+	 * frequency. We also don't want to receive events about CPU's
+	 * frequency transaction when governor is stopped, hence
+	 * notifier is registered dynamically.
+	 */
+	err = cpufreq_register_notifier(&tegra->rate_change_nb,
+					CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(tegra->devfreq->dev.parent,
+			"Failed to register rate change notifier: %d\n", err);
+		goto err_stop;
+	}
+
 	enable_irq(tegra->irq);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_stop:
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tegra->devices); i++)
+		tegra_actmon_stop_device(&tegra->devices[i]);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void tegra_actmon_stop(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra)
@@ -422,11 +619,13 @@ static void tegra_actmon_stop(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra)
 
 	disable_irq(tegra->irq);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tegra->devices); i++) {
-		device_writel(&tegra->devices[i], 0x00000000, ACTMON_DEV_CTRL);
-		device_writel(&tegra->devices[i], ACTMON_INTR_STATUS_CLEAR,
-			      ACTMON_DEV_INTR_STATUS);
-	}
+	cpufreq_unregister_notifier(&tegra->rate_change_nb,
+				    CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
+
+	cancel_work_sync(&tegra->update_work);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tegra->devices); i++)
+		tegra_actmon_stop_device(&tegra->devices[i]);
 }
 
 static int tegra_devfreq_target(struct device *dev, unsigned long *freq,
@@ -469,13 +668,13 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_get_dev_status(struct device *dev,
 	struct tegra_devfreq_device *actmon_dev;
 	unsigned long cur_freq;
 
-	cur_freq = READ_ONCE(tegra->cur_freq);
+	cur_freq = clk_get_rate(tegra->emc_clock);
 
 	/* To be used by the tegra governor */
 	stat->private_data = tegra;
 
 	/* The below are to be used by the other governors */
-	stat->current_frequency = cur_freq * KHZ;
+	stat->current_frequency = cur_freq;
 
 	actmon_dev = &tegra->devices[MCALL];
 
@@ -486,7 +685,7 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_get_dev_status(struct device *dev,
 	stat->busy_time *= 100 / BUS_SATURATION_RATIO;
 
 	/* Number of cycles in a sampling period */
-	stat->total_time = ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD * cur_freq;
+	stat->total_time = cur_freq / KHZ * ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD;
 
 	stat->busy_time = min(stat->busy_time, stat->total_time);
 
@@ -505,6 +704,7 @@ static int tegra_governor_get_target(struct devfreq *devfreq,
 	struct devfreq_dev_status *stat;
 	struct tegra_devfreq *tegra;
 	struct tegra_devfreq_device *dev;
+	unsigned long dev_target_freq;
 	unsigned long target_freq = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
 	int err;
@@ -520,9 +720,9 @@ static int tegra_governor_get_target(struct devfreq *devfreq,
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tegra->devices); i++) {
 		dev = &tegra->devices[i];
 
-		actmon_update_target(tegra, dev);
+		dev_target_freq = actmon_update_target(tegra, dev);
 
-		target_freq = max(target_freq, dev->target_freq);
+		target_freq = max(target_freq, dev_target_freq);
 	}
 
 	*freq = target_freq * KHZ;
@@ -534,6 +734,7 @@ static int tegra_governor_event_handler(struct devfreq *devfreq,
 					unsigned int event, void *data)
 {
 	struct tegra_devfreq *tegra = dev_get_drvdata(devfreq->dev.parent);
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Couple device with the governor early as it is needed at
@@ -544,7 +745,7 @@ static int tegra_governor_event_handler(struct devfreq *devfreq,
 	switch (event) {
 	case DEVFREQ_GOV_START:
 		devfreq_monitor_start(devfreq);
-		tegra_actmon_start(tegra);
+		ret = tegra_actmon_start(tegra);
 		break;
 
 	case DEVFREQ_GOV_STOP:
@@ -559,11 +760,11 @@ static int tegra_governor_event_handler(struct devfreq *devfreq,
 
 	case DEVFREQ_GOV_RESUME:
 		devfreq_monitor_resume(devfreq);
-		tegra_actmon_start(tegra);
+		ret = tegra_actmon_start(tegra);
 		break;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static struct devfreq_governor tegra_devfreq_governor = {
@@ -642,7 +843,6 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return rate;
 	}
 
-	tegra->cur_freq = clk_get_rate(tegra->emc_clock) / KHZ;
 	tegra->max_freq = rate / KHZ;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(actmon_device_configs); i++) {
@@ -671,17 +871,12 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tegra);
 
 	tegra->rate_change_nb.notifier_call = tegra_actmon_rate_notify_cb;
-	err = clk_notifier_register(tegra->emc_clock, &tegra->rate_change_nb);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-			"Failed to register rate change notifier\n");
-		goto remove_opps;
-	}
+	INIT_WORK(&tegra->update_work, tegra_actmon_delayed_update);
 
 	err = devfreq_add_governor(&tegra_devfreq_governor);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to add governor: %d\n", err);
-		goto unreg_notifier;
+		goto remove_opps;
 	}
 
 	tegra_devfreq_profile.initial_freq = clk_get_rate(tegra->emc_clock);
@@ -697,9 +892,6 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 remove_governor:
 	devfreq_remove_governor(&tegra_devfreq_governor);
 
-unreg_notifier:
-	clk_notifier_unregister(tegra->emc_clock, &tegra->rate_change_nb);
-
 remove_opps:
 	dev_pm_opp_remove_all_dynamic(&pdev->dev);
 
@@ -716,7 +908,6 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	devfreq_remove_device(tegra->devfreq);
 	devfreq_remove_governor(&tegra_devfreq_governor);
 
-	clk_notifier_unregister(tegra->emc_clock, &tegra->rate_change_nb);
 	dev_pm_opp_remove_all_dynamic(&pdev->dev);
 
 	reset_control_reset(tegra->reset);
