diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
index fe1be4ad88cb..76f3835afe01 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
@@ -248,6 +248,19 @@ are the following:
 	If that frequency cannot be determined, this attribute should not
 	be present.
 
+``cpuinfo_avg_freq``
+        An average frequency (in KHz) of all CPUs belonging to a given policy,
+        derived from a hardware provided feedback and reported on a time frame
+        spanning at most few milliseconds.
+
+        This is expected to be based on the frequency the hardware actually runs
+        at and, as such, might require specialised hardware support (such as AMU
+        extension on ARM). If one cannot be determined, this attribute should
+        not be present.
+
+        Note, that failed attempt to retrieve current frequency for a given
+        CPU(s) will result in an appropriate error.
+
 ``cpuinfo_max_freq``
 	Maximum possible operating frequency the CPUs belonging to this policy
 	can run at (in kHz).
@@ -293,7 +306,8 @@ are the following:
 	Some architectures (e.g. ``x86``) may attempt to provide information
 	more precisely reflecting the current CPU frequency through this
 	attribute, but that still may not be the exact current CPU frequency as
-	seen by the hardware at the moment.
+	seen by the hardware at the moment. This behavior though, is only
+	available via c:macro:``CPUFREQ_ARCH_CUR_FREQ`` option.
 
 ``scaling_driver``
 	The scaling driver currently in use.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c
index 0b69bfbf345d..a00059139ca4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ void arch_scale_freq_tick(void)
  */
 #define MAX_SAMPLE_AGE	((unsigned long)HZ / 50)
 
-unsigned int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
+int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
 {
 	struct aperfmperf *s = per_cpu_ptr(&cpu_samples, cpu);
 	unsigned int seq, freq;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
index e65fae63660e..34d8fb93fb70 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		seq_printf(m, "microcode\t: 0x%x\n", c->microcode);
 
 	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_TSC)) {
-		unsigned int freq = arch_freq_get_on_cpu(cpu);
+		int freq = arch_freq_get_on_cpu(cpu);
 
-		seq_printf(m, "cpu MHz\t\t: %u.%03u\n", freq / 1000, (freq % 1000));
+		if (freq <= 0)
+			seq_puts(m, "cpu MHz\t\t: Unknown\n");
+		else
+			seq_printf(m, "cpu MHz\t\t: %u.%03u\n", freq / 1000, (freq % 1000));
 	}
 
 	/* Cache size */
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86
index 97c2d4f15d76..212e1b9afe21 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86
@@ -340,3 +340,15 @@ config X86_SPEEDSTEP_RELAXED_CAP_CHECK
 	  option lets the probing code bypass some of those checks if the
 	  parameter "relaxed_check=1" is passed to the module.
 
+config CPUFREQ_ARCH_CUR_FREQ
+	default y
+	bool "Current frequency derived from HW provided feedback"
+	help
+	  This determines whether the scaling_cur_freq sysfs attribute returns
+	  the last requested frequency or a more precise value based on hardware
+	  provided feedback (as architected counters).
+	  Given that a more precise frequency can now be provided via the
+	  cpuinfo_avg_cur_freq attribute, by enabling this option,
+	  scaling_cur_freq maintains the provision of a counter based frequency,
+	  for compatibility reasons.
+
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 04fc786dd2c0..70df2a24437b 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -747,9 +747,14 @@ show_one(cpuinfo_transition_latency, cpuinfo.transition_latency);
 show_one(scaling_min_freq, min);
 show_one(scaling_max_freq, max);
 
-__weak unsigned int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
+__weak int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline bool cpufreq_avg_freq_supported(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	return arch_freq_get_on_cpu(policy->cpu) != -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
 static ssize_t show_scaling_cur_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
@@ -757,8 +762,11 @@ static ssize_t show_scaling_cur_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 	ssize_t ret;
 	unsigned int freq;
 
-	freq = arch_freq_get_on_cpu(policy->cpu);
-	if (freq)
+	freq = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPUFREQ_ARCH_CUR_FREQ)
+		? arch_freq_get_on_cpu(policy->cpu)
+		: 0;
+
+	if (freq > 0)
 		ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", freq);
 	else if (cpufreq_driver->setpolicy && cpufreq_driver->get)
 		ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", cpufreq_driver->get(policy->cpu));
@@ -802,6 +810,19 @@ static ssize_t show_cpuinfo_cur_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "<unknown>\n");
 }
 
+/*
+ * show_cpuinfo_avg_freq - average CPU frequency as detected by hardware
+ */
+static ssize_t show_cpuinfo_avg_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+				     char *buf)
+{
+	int avg_freq = arch_freq_get_on_cpu(policy->cpu);
+
+	if (avg_freq > 0)
+		return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", avg_freq);
+	return avg_freq != 0 ? avg_freq : -EINVAL;
+}
+
 /*
  * show_scaling_governor - show the current policy for the specified CPU
  */
@@ -964,6 +985,7 @@ static ssize_t show_bios_limit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 }
 
 cpufreq_freq_attr_ro_perm(cpuinfo_cur_freq, 0400);
+cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(cpuinfo_avg_freq);
 cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(cpuinfo_min_freq);
 cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(cpuinfo_max_freq);
 cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(cpuinfo_transition_latency);
@@ -1091,6 +1113,12 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev_interface(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (cpufreq_avg_freq_supported(policy)) {
+		ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &cpuinfo_avg_freq.attr);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &scaling_cur_freq.attr);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index d4d2f4d1d7cb..a7b6c0ccf9bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ static inline int of_perf_domain_get_sharing_cpumask(int pcpu, const char *list_
 }
 #endif
 
-extern unsigned int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu);
+extern int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu);
 
 #ifndef arch_set_freq_scale
 static __always_inline
