diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index ed081dbce00c..6243502ce24d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -136,20 +136,6 @@ static ssize_t store_sampling_down_factor(struct dbs_data *dbs_data,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t store_sampling_rate(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, const char *buf,
-		size_t count)
-{
-	unsigned int input;
-	int ret;
-	ret = sscanf(buf, "%u", &input);
-
-	if (ret != 1)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	dbs_data->sampling_rate = max(input, dbs_data->min_sampling_rate);
-	return count;
-}
-
 static ssize_t store_up_threshold(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, const char *buf,
 		size_t count)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
index 481585611097..17c51bca2df1 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
@@ -25,6 +25,69 @@
 DEFINE_MUTEX(dbs_data_mutex);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dbs_data_mutex);
 
+/* Common sysfs tunables */
+/**
+ * store_sampling_rate - update sampling rate effective immediately if needed.
+ *
+ * If new rate is smaller than the old, simply updating
+ * dbs.sampling_rate might not be appropriate. For example, if the
+ * original sampling_rate was 1 second and the requested new sampling rate is 10
+ * ms because the user needs immediate reaction from ondemand governor, but not
+ * sure if higher frequency will be required or not, then, the governor may
+ * change the sampling rate too late; up to 1 second later. Thus, if we are
+ * reducing the sampling rate, we need to make the new value effective
+ * immediately.
+ *
+ * On the other hand, if new rate is larger than the old, then we may evaluate
+ * the load too soon, and it might we worth updating sample_delay_ns then as
+ * well.
+ *
+ * This must be called with dbs_data->mutex held, otherwise traversing
+ * policy_dbs_list isn't safe.
+ */
+ssize_t store_sampling_rate(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, const char *buf,
+			    size_t count)
+{
+	struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs;
+	unsigned int rate;
+	int ret;
+	ret = sscanf(buf, "%u", &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.
+	 */
+	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;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(store_sampling_rate);
+
 static inline struct dbs_data *to_dbs_data(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	return container_of(kobj, struct dbs_data, kobj);
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
index 02885e353dfc..2f5ca7393653 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
@@ -238,4 +238,6 @@ void od_register_powersave_bias_handler(unsigned int (*f)
 		(struct cpufreq_policy *, unsigned int, unsigned int),
 		unsigned int powersave_bias);
 void od_unregister_powersave_bias_handler(void);
+ssize_t store_sampling_rate(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, const char *buf,
+			    size_t count);
 #endif /* _CPUFREQ_GOVERNOR_H */
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index 38301c6b31c7..12213823cc93 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -221,75 +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
- *
- * If new rate is smaller than the old, simply updating
- * dbs.sampling_rate might not be appropriate. For example, if the
- * original sampling_rate was 1 second and the requested new sampling rate is 10
- * ms because the user needs immediate reaction from ondemand governor, but not
- * sure if higher frequency will be required or not, then, the governor may
- * change the sampling rate too late; up to 1 second later. Thus, if we are
- * reducing the sampling rate, we need to make the new value effective
- * immediately.
- *
- * On the other hand, if new rate is larger than the old, then we may evaluate
- * the load too soon, and it might we worth updating sample_delay_ns then as
- * well.
- *
- * This must be called with dbs_data->mutex held, otherwise traversing
- * policy_dbs_list isn't safe.
- */
-static void update_sampling_rate(struct dbs_data *dbs_data,
-		unsigned int new_rate)
-{
-	struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs;
-
-	dbs_data->sampling_rate = new_rate = max(new_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.
-	 */
-	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 ssize_t store_sampling_rate(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, const char *buf,
-		size_t count)
-{
-	unsigned int input;
-	int ret;
-	ret = sscanf(buf, "%u", &input);
-	if (ret != 1)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	update_sampling_rate(dbs_data, input);
-	return count;
-}
-
 static ssize_t store_io_is_busy(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, const char *buf,
 		size_t count)
 {
