diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index f6e272085448..57f6944d65a6 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -141,10 +141,6 @@ static void get_freq_range(struct devfreq *devfreq,
 		*max_freq = min(*max_freq,
 				(unsigned long)HZ_PER_KHZ * qos_max_freq);
 
-	/* Apply constraints from sysfs */
-	*min_freq = max(*min_freq, devfreq->min_freq);
-	*max_freq = min(*max_freq, devfreq->max_freq);
-
 	/* Apply constraints from OPP interface */
 	*min_freq = max(*min_freq, devfreq->scaling_min_freq);
 	*max_freq = min(*max_freq, devfreq->scaling_max_freq);
@@ -705,6 +701,19 @@ static void devfreq_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 		dev_warn(dev->parent,
 			"Failed to remove min_freq notifier: %d\n", err);
 
+	if (dev_pm_qos_request_active(&devfreq->user_max_freq_req)) {
+		err = dev_pm_qos_remove_request(&devfreq->user_max_freq_req);
+		if (err)
+			dev_warn(dev->parent,
+				"Failed to remove max_freq request: %d\n", err);
+	}
+	if (dev_pm_qos_request_active(&devfreq->user_min_freq_req)) {
+		err = dev_pm_qos_remove_request(&devfreq->user_min_freq_req);
+		if (err)
+			dev_warn(dev->parent,
+				"Failed to remove min_freq request: %d\n", err);
+	}
+
 	if (devfreq->profile->exit)
 		devfreq->profile->exit(devfreq->dev.parent);
 
@@ -778,7 +787,6 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_dev;
 	}
-	devfreq->min_freq = devfreq->scaling_min_freq;
 
 	devfreq->scaling_max_freq = find_available_max_freq(devfreq);
 	if (!devfreq->scaling_max_freq) {
@@ -786,7 +794,6 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_dev;
 	}
-	devfreq->max_freq = devfreq->scaling_max_freq;
 
 	devfreq->suspend_freq = dev_pm_opp_get_suspend_opp_freq(dev);
 	atomic_set(&devfreq->suspend_count, 0);
@@ -827,6 +834,16 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
 
 	mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
 
+	err = dev_pm_qos_add_request(dev, &devfreq->user_min_freq_req,
+				     DEV_PM_QOS_MIN_FREQUENCY, 0);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto err_devfreq;
+	err = dev_pm_qos_add_request(dev, &devfreq->user_max_freq_req,
+				     DEV_PM_QOS_MAX_FREQUENCY,
+				     PM_QOS_MAX_FREQUENCY_DEFAULT_VALUE);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto err_devfreq;
+
 	devfreq->nb_min.notifier_call = qos_min_notifier_call;
 	err = dev_pm_qos_add_notifier(devfreq->dev.parent, &devfreq->nb_min,
 				      DEV_PM_QOS_MIN_FREQUENCY);
@@ -1412,14 +1429,22 @@ static ssize_t min_freq_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	unsigned long value;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Protect against theoretical sysfs writes between
+	 * device_add and dev_pm_qos_add_request
+	 */
+	if (!dev_pm_qos_request_active(&df->user_min_freq_req))
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
 	ret = sscanf(buf, "%lu", &value);
 	if (ret != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	mutex_lock(&df->lock);
-	df->min_freq = value;
-	update_devfreq(df);
-	mutex_unlock(&df->lock);
+	/* Round down to kHz for PM QoS */
+	ret = dev_pm_qos_update_request(&df->user_min_freq_req,
+					value / HZ_PER_KHZ);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	return count;
 }
@@ -1444,18 +1469,35 @@ static ssize_t max_freq_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	unsigned long value;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Protect against theoretical sysfs writes between
+	 * device_add and dev_pm_qos_add_request
+	 */
+	if (!dev_pm_qos_request_active(&df->user_max_freq_req))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = sscanf(buf, "%lu", &value);
 	if (ret != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	mutex_lock(&df->lock);
+	/*
+	 * PM QoS frequencies are in kHz so we need to convert. Convert by
+	 * rounding upwards so that the acceptable interval never shrinks.
+	 *
+	 * For example if the user writes "666666666" to sysfs this value will
+	 * be converted to 666667 kHz and back to 666667000 Hz before an OPP
+	 * lookup, this ensures that an OPP of 666666666Hz is still accepted.
+	 *
+	 * A value of zero means "no limit".
+	 */
+	if (value)
+		value = DIV_ROUND_UP(value, HZ_PER_KHZ);
+	else
+		value = PM_QOS_MAX_FREQUENCY_DEFAULT_VALUE;
 
-	if (!value)
-		value = ULONG_MAX;
-
-	df->max_freq = value;
-	update_devfreq(df);
-	mutex_unlock(&df->lock);
+	ret = dev_pm_qos_update_request(&df->user_max_freq_req, value);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/devfreq.h b/include/linux/devfreq.h
index 8b92ccbd1962..fb376b5b7281 100644
--- a/include/linux/devfreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/devfreq.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/pm_opp.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 
 #define DEVFREQ_NAME_LEN 16
 
@@ -123,8 +124,8 @@ struct devfreq_dev_profile {
  * @previous_freq:	previously configured frequency value.
  * @data:	Private data of the governor. The devfreq framework does not
  *		touch this.
- * @min_freq:	Limit minimum frequency requested by user (0: none)
- * @max_freq:	Limit maximum frequency requested by user (0: none)
+ * @user_min_freq_req:	PM QoS minimum frequency request from user (via sysfs)
+ * @user_max_freq_req:	PM QoS maximum frequency request from user (via sysfs)
  * @scaling_min_freq:	Limit minimum frequency requested by OPP interface
  * @scaling_max_freq:	Limit maximum frequency requested by OPP interface
  * @stop_polling:	 devfreq polling status of a device.
@@ -163,8 +164,8 @@ struct devfreq {
 
 	void *data; /* private data for governors */
 
-	unsigned long min_freq;
-	unsigned long max_freq;
+	struct dev_pm_qos_request user_min_freq_req;
+	struct dev_pm_qos_request user_max_freq_req;
 	unsigned long scaling_min_freq;
 	unsigned long scaling_max_freq;
 	bool stop_polling;