diff --git a/kernel/power/qos.c b/kernel/power/qos.c
index 4a6d59e50de5..3d913f457fce 100644
--- a/kernel/power/qos.c
+++ b/kernel/power/qos.c
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ static const struct file_operations pm_qos_debug_fops = {
 	.release        = single_release,
 };
 
-static inline void pm_qos_set_value_for_cpus(struct pm_qos_constraints *c)
+static inline void pm_qos_set_value_for_cpus(struct pm_qos_constraints *c,
+		struct cpumask *cpus)
 {
 	struct pm_qos_request *req = NULL;
 	int cpu;
@@ -288,8 +289,11 @@ static inline void pm_qos_set_value_for_cpus(struct pm_qos_constraints *c)
 		}
 	}
 
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		if (c->target_per_cpu[cpu] != qos_val[cpu])
+			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cpus);
 		c->target_per_cpu[cpu] = qos_val[cpu];
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -308,6 +312,7 @@ int pm_qos_update_target(struct pm_qos_constraints *c, struct plist_node *node,
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int prev_value, curr_value, new_value;
+	struct cpumask cpus;
 	int ret;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pm_qos_lock, flags);
@@ -339,18 +344,24 @@ int pm_qos_update_target(struct pm_qos_constraints *c, struct plist_node *node,
 	}
 
 	curr_value = pm_qos_get_value(c);
+	cpumask_clear(&cpus);
 	pm_qos_set_value(c, curr_value);
-	pm_qos_set_value_for_cpus(c);
+	pm_qos_set_value_for_cpus(c, &cpus);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pm_qos_lock, flags);
 
 	trace_pm_qos_update_target(action, prev_value, curr_value);
-	if (prev_value != curr_value) {
+
+	/*
+	 * if cpu mask bits are set, call the notifier call chain
+	 * to update the new qos restriction for the cores
+	 */
+
+	if (!cpumask_empty(&cpus)) {
 		ret = 1;
 		if (c->notifiers)
 			blocking_notifier_call_chain(c->notifiers,
-						     (unsigned long)curr_value,
-						     NULL);
+				     (unsigned long)curr_value, &cpus);
 	} else {
 		ret = 0;
 	}