diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
index 463cf7e73db8..2eb3bf62393e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
@@ -471,14 +471,6 @@ it is allowed to use (the ``scaling_max_freq`` policy limit).
 
 	# echo `$(($(cat cpuinfo_transition_latency) * 750 / 1000)) > ondemand/sampling_rate
 
-
-``min_sampling_rate``
-	The minimum value of ``sampling_rate``.
-
-	Equal to 10000 (10 ms) if :c:macro:`CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON` and
-	:c:data:`tick_nohz_active` are both set or to 20 times the value of
-	:c:data:`jiffies` in microseconds otherwise.
-
 ``up_threshold``
 	If the estimated CPU load is above this value (in percent), the governor
 	will set the frequency to the maximum value allowed for the policy.
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index 88220ff3e1c2..f20f20a77d4d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ gov_show_one_common(sampling_rate);
 gov_show_one_common(sampling_down_factor);
 gov_show_one_common(up_threshold);
 gov_show_one_common(ignore_nice_load);
-gov_show_one_common(min_sampling_rate);
 gov_show_one(cs, down_threshold);
 gov_show_one(cs, freq_step);
 
@@ -254,12 +253,10 @@ gov_attr_rw(sampling_rate);
 gov_attr_rw(sampling_down_factor);
 gov_attr_rw(up_threshold);
 gov_attr_rw(ignore_nice_load);
-gov_attr_ro(min_sampling_rate);
 gov_attr_rw(down_threshold);
 gov_attr_rw(freq_step);
 
 static struct attribute *cs_attributes[] = {
-	&min_sampling_rate.attr,
 	&sampling_rate.attr,
 	&sampling_down_factor.attr,
 	&up_threshold.attr,
@@ -297,10 +294,7 @@ static int cs_init(struct dbs_data *dbs_data)
 	dbs_data->up_threshold = DEF_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD;
 	dbs_data->sampling_down_factor = DEF_SAMPLING_DOWN_FACTOR;
 	dbs_data->ignore_nice_load = 0;
-
 	dbs_data->tuners = tuners;
-	dbs_data->min_sampling_rate = MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO *
-		jiffies_to_usecs(10);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
index 47e24b5384b3..858081f9c3d7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
@@ -47,14 +47,11 @@ ssize_t store_sampling_rate(struct gov_attr_set *attr_set, const char *buf,
 {
 	struct dbs_data *dbs_data = to_dbs_data(attr_set);
 	struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs;
-	unsigned int rate;
 	int ret;
-	ret = sscanf(buf, "%u", &rate);
+	ret = sscanf(buf, "%u", &dbs_data->sampling_rate);
 	if (ret != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	dbs_data->sampling_rate = max(rate, dbs_data->min_sampling_rate);
-
 	/*
 	 * We are operating under dbs_data->mutex and so the list and its
 	 * entries can't be freed concurrently.
@@ -437,10 +434,7 @@ int cpufreq_dbs_governor_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		latency = 1;
 
 	/* Bring kernel and HW constraints together */
-	dbs_data->min_sampling_rate = max(dbs_data->min_sampling_rate,
-					  MIN_LATENCY_MULTIPLIER * latency);
-	dbs_data->sampling_rate = max(dbs_data->min_sampling_rate,
-				      LATENCY_MULTIPLIER * latency);
+	dbs_data->sampling_rate = LATENCY_MULTIPLIER * latency;
 
 	if (!have_governor_per_policy())
 		gov->gdbs_data = dbs_data;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
index 7b7839c45fba..8463f5def0f5 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ enum {OD_NORMAL_SAMPLE, OD_SUB_SAMPLE};
 struct dbs_data {
 	struct gov_attr_set attr_set;
 	void *tuners;
-	unsigned int min_sampling_rate;
 	unsigned int ignore_nice_load;
 	unsigned int sampling_rate;
 	unsigned int sampling_down_factor;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index 3937acf7e026..6b423eebfd5d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ gov_show_one_common(sampling_rate);
 gov_show_one_common(up_threshold);
 gov_show_one_common(sampling_down_factor);
 gov_show_one_common(ignore_nice_load);
-gov_show_one_common(min_sampling_rate);
 gov_show_one_common(io_is_busy);
 gov_show_one(od, powersave_bias);
 
@@ -329,10 +328,8 @@ gov_attr_rw(up_threshold);
 gov_attr_rw(sampling_down_factor);
 gov_attr_rw(ignore_nice_load);
 gov_attr_rw(powersave_bias);
-gov_attr_ro(min_sampling_rate);
 
 static struct attribute *od_attributes[] = {
-	&min_sampling_rate.attr,
 	&sampling_rate.attr,
 	&up_threshold.attr,
 	&sampling_down_factor.attr,
@@ -373,17 +370,8 @@ static int od_init(struct dbs_data *dbs_data)
 	if (idle_time != -1ULL) {
 		/* Idle micro accounting is supported. Use finer thresholds */
 		dbs_data->up_threshold = MICRO_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD;
-		/*
-		 * In nohz/micro accounting case we set the minimum frequency
-		 * not depending on HZ, but fixed (very low).
-		*/
-		dbs_data->min_sampling_rate = MICRO_FREQUENCY_MIN_SAMPLE_RATE;
 	} else {
 		dbs_data->up_threshold = DEF_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD;
-
-		/* For correct statistics, we need 10 ticks for each measure */
-		dbs_data->min_sampling_rate = MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO *
-			jiffies_to_usecs(10);
 	}
 
 	dbs_data->sampling_down_factor = DEF_SAMPLING_DOWN_FACTOR;
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 3d8c52b3b5df..00e4c40a3249 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -488,9 +488,7 @@ static inline unsigned long cpufreq_scale(unsigned long old, u_int div,
  * ondemand governor will work on any processor with transition latency <= 10ms,
  * using appropriate sampling rate.
  */
-#define MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO		(2)
 #define LATENCY_MULTIPLIER		(1000)
-#define MIN_LATENCY_MULTIPLIER		(20)
 
 struct cpufreq_governor {
 	char	name[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN];
