diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst
index 0553008b6279..a1c472e5bb04 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst
@@ -515,6 +515,12 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
       power.use_autosuspend isn't set, otherwise returns the expiration time
       in jiffies
 
+  `int pm_runtime_set_next_event(struct device *dev, ktime_t next);`
+    - inform runtime PM of the next event on the device. Devices that are
+      sensitive to their domain idle enter/exit latencies may provide this
+      information for use by the PM domain governor. The domain governor would
+      use this information to calculate it's sleep length.
+
 It is safe to execute the following helper functions from interrupt context:
 
 - pm_request_idle()
@@ -545,6 +551,7 @@ functions may also be used in interrupt context:
 - pm_runtime_put_sync()
 - pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend()
 - pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend()
+- pm_runtime_set_next_event()
 
 5. Runtime PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal
 ========================================================
@@ -639,9 +646,19 @@ suspend routine).  It may be necessary to resume the device and suspend it again
 in order to do so.  The same is true if the driver uses different power levels
 or other settings for runtime suspend and system sleep.
 
-During system resume, the simplest approach is to bring all devices back to full
-power, even if they had been suspended before the system suspend began.  There
-are several reasons for this, including:
+When a device enters idle at runtime, it may trigger the runtime PM up the
+hierarchy and if device has a predictable interrupt pattern, we can even do a
+better job at determining the parent's idle state. For example, a display
+device gets a VSYNC interrupt every 16 ms when running at 60 Hz. When it's PM
+domain is powering down and happens to be at the boundary of the VSYNC
+interrupt, it may not be efficient to power off the domain. Knowing the next
+wake up (when available) for devices in the domain we can determine the idle
+duration of the domain. By comparing idle duration with the residencies of the
+domain idle states, we can be efficient in both power and performance.
+
+During system resume, the simplest approach is to bring all devices back to
+full power, even if they had been suspended before the system suspend began.
+There are several reasons for this, including:
 
   * The device might need to switch power levels, wake-up settings, etc.
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
index 8143210a5c54..5d2ebacfd35e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
@@ -122,6 +122,27 @@ u64 pm_runtime_suspended_time(struct device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_runtime_suspended_time);
 
+/**
+ * pm_runtime_set_next_wakeup_event - Notify PM framework of an impending event.
+ * @dev: Device to handle
+ * @next: impending interrupt/wakeup for the device
+ */
+int pm_runtime_set_next_event(struct device *dev, ktime_t next)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->power.lock, flags);
+	if (ktime_before(ktime_get(), next)) {
+		dev->power.next_event = next;
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->power.lock, flags);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_runtime_set_next_event);
+
 /**
  * pm_runtime_deactivate_timer - Deactivate given device's suspend timer.
  * @dev: Device to handle.
@@ -1415,6 +1436,9 @@ void pm_runtime_enable(struct device *dev)
 	     "Enabling runtime PM for inactive device (%s) with active children\n",
 	     dev_name(dev));
 
+	/* Reset the next wakeup for the device */
+	dev->power.next_event = KTIME_MAX;
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->power.lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_runtime_enable);
diff --git a/include/linux/pm.h b/include/linux/pm.h
index a30a4b54df52..9051658674a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_PM_H
 #define _LINUX_PM_H
 
+#include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
@@ -616,6 +617,7 @@ struct dev_pm_info {
 	u64			active_time;
 	u64			suspended_time;
 	u64			accounting_timestamp;
+	ktime_t			next_event;
 #endif
 	struct pm_subsys_data	*subsys_data;  /* Owned by the subsystem. */
 	void (*set_latency_tolerance)(struct device *, s32);
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
index 6245caa18034..af6d35178335 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ extern void pm_runtime_get_suppliers(struct device *dev);
 extern void pm_runtime_put_suppliers(struct device *dev);
 extern void pm_runtime_new_link(struct device *dev);
 extern void pm_runtime_drop_link(struct device *dev);
+extern int pm_runtime_set_next_event(struct device *dev, ktime_t next);
 
 /**
  * pm_runtime_get_if_in_use - Conditionally bump up runtime PM usage counter.
