diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
index e267acc67067..3f4338bdb3aa 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dbs_data_mutex);
 static ssize_t store_sampling_rate(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, const char *buf,
 				   size_t count)
 {
-	struct dbs_governor *gov = dbs_data->gov;
+	struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs;
 	unsigned int rate;
 	int ret;
 	ret = sscanf(buf, "%u", &rate);
@@ -38,8 +38,32 @@ static ssize_t store_sampling_rate(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, const char *buf,
 
 	dbs_data->sampling_rate = max(rate, dbs_data->min_sampling_rate);
 
-	if (gov->update_sampling_rate)
-		gov->update_sampling_rate(dbs_data);
+	/*
+	 * We are operating under dbs_data->mutex and so the list and its
+	 * entries can't be freed concurrently.
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry(policy_dbs, &dbs_data->policy_dbs_list, list) {
+		mutex_lock(&policy_dbs->timer_mutex);
+		/*
+		 * On 32-bit architectures this may race with the
+		 * sample_delay_ns read in dbs_update_util_handler(), but that
+		 * really doesn't matter.  If the read returns a value that's
+		 * too big, the sample will be skipped, but the next invocation
+		 * of dbs_update_util_handler() (when the update has been
+		 * completed) will take a sample.  If the returned value is too
+		 * small, the sample will be taken immediately, but that isn't a
+		 * problem, as we want the new rate to take effect immediately
+		 * anyway.
+		 *
+		 * If this runs in parallel with dbs_work_handler(), we may end
+		 * up overwriting the sample_delay_ns value that it has just
+		 * written, but the difference should not be too big and it will
+		 * be corrected next time a sample is taken, so it shouldn't be
+		 * significant.
+		 */
+		gov_update_sample_delay(policy_dbs, dbs_data->sampling_rate);
+		mutex_unlock(&policy_dbs->timer_mutex);
+	}
 
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
index b740633c2fbe..127982f6d869 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ struct dbs_governor {
 	void (*exit)(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, bool notify);
 	bool (*invalid_up_threshold)(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, unsigned int threshold);
 	bool (*invalid_sampling_down_factor)(unsigned int factor);
-	void (*update_sampling_rate)(struct dbs_data *dbs_data);
 	void (*update_sampling_down_factor)(struct dbs_data *dbs_data);
 	void (*update_ignore_nice_load)(struct dbs_data *dbs_data);
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index f72087bc8302..1e17f6ffdf42 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -221,43 +221,6 @@ static unsigned int od_dbs_timer(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 /************************** sysfs interface ************************/
 static struct dbs_governor od_dbs_gov;
 
-/**
- * update_sampling_rate - update sampling rate effective immediately if needed.
- * @new_rate: new sampling rate
- */
-static void update_sampling_rate(struct dbs_data *dbs_data)
-{
-	struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs;
-	unsigned int new_rate = dbs_data->sampling_rate;
-
-	/*
-	 * We are operating under dbs_data->mutex and so the list and its
-	 * entries can't be freed concurrently.
-	 */
-	list_for_each_entry(policy_dbs, &dbs_data->policy_dbs_list, list) {
-		mutex_lock(&policy_dbs->timer_mutex);
-		/*
-		 * On 32-bit architectures this may race with the
-		 * sample_delay_ns read in dbs_update_util_handler(), but that
-		 * really doesn't matter.  If the read returns a value that's
-		 * too big, the sample will be skipped, but the next invocation
-		 * of dbs_update_util_handler() (when the update has been
-		 * completed) will take a sample.  If the returned value is too
-		 * small, the sample will be taken immediately, but that isn't a
-		 * problem, as we want the new rate to take effect immediately
-		 * anyway.
-		 *
-		 * If this runs in parallel with dbs_work_handler(), we may end
-		 * up overwriting the sample_delay_ns value that it has just
-		 * written, but the difference should not be too big and it will
-		 * be corrected next time a sample is taken, so it shouldn't be
-		 * significant.
-		 */
-		gov_update_sample_delay(policy_dbs, new_rate);
-		mutex_unlock(&policy_dbs->timer_mutex);
-	}
-}
-
 static bool invalid_up_threshold(struct dbs_data *dbs_data,
 				 unsigned int threshold)
 {
@@ -425,7 +388,6 @@ static struct dbs_governor od_dbs_gov = {
 	.get_cpu_dbs_info_s = get_cpu_dbs_info_s,
 	.gov_dbs_timer = od_dbs_timer,
 	.gov_check_cpu = od_check_cpu,
-	.update_sampling_rate = update_sampling_rate,
 	.invalid_up_threshold = invalid_up_threshold,
 	.invalid_sampling_down_factor = invalid_sampling_down_factor,
 	.update_sampling_down_factor = update_sampling_down_factor,
