diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 0ae3de76833b7..1d3a43f8b3a10 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include "governor.h"
 
+#define DEVFREQ_MONITOR_STOPPED		0
+#define DEVFREQ_MONITOR_RUNNING		1
+#define DEVFREQ_MONITOR_SUSPENDED	2
+
 static struct class *devfreq_class;
 
 /*
@@ -407,10 +411,17 @@ static void devfreq_monitor(struct work_struct *work)
  */
 void devfreq_monitor_start(struct devfreq *devfreq)
 {
-	INIT_DEFERRABLE_WORK(&devfreq->work, devfreq_monitor);
-	if (devfreq->profile->polling_ms)
+	mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
+
+	if (devfreq->profile->polling_ms) {
+		INIT_DEFERRABLE_WORK(&devfreq->work, devfreq_monitor);
 		queue_delayed_work(devfreq_wq, &devfreq->work,
 			msecs_to_jiffies(devfreq->profile->polling_ms));
+
+		devfreq->monitor_state = DEVFREQ_MONITOR_RUNNING;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(devfreq_monitor_start);
 
@@ -425,6 +436,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(devfreq_monitor_start);
 void devfreq_monitor_stop(struct devfreq *devfreq)
 {
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&devfreq->work);
+
+	mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
+	devfreq->monitor_state = DEVFREQ_MONITOR_STOPPED;
+	mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(devfreq_monitor_stop);
 
@@ -443,13 +458,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(devfreq_monitor_stop);
 void devfreq_monitor_suspend(struct devfreq *devfreq)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
-	if (devfreq->stop_polling) {
+	if (devfreq->monitor_state != DEVFREQ_MONITOR_RUNNING) {
 		mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	devfreq_update_status(devfreq, devfreq->previous_freq);
-	devfreq->stop_polling = true;
+	devfreq->monitor_state = DEVFREQ_MONITOR_SUSPENDED;
 	mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&devfreq->work);
 }
@@ -468,7 +483,7 @@ void devfreq_monitor_resume(struct devfreq *devfreq)
 	unsigned long freq;
 
 	mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
-	if (!devfreq->stop_polling)
+	if (devfreq->monitor_state == DEVFREQ_MONITOR_STOPPED)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!delayed_work_pending(&devfreq->work) &&
@@ -477,7 +492,7 @@ void devfreq_monitor_resume(struct devfreq *devfreq)
 			msecs_to_jiffies(devfreq->profile->polling_ms));
 
 	devfreq->last_stat_updated = jiffies;
-	devfreq->stop_polling = false;
+	devfreq->monitor_state = DEVFREQ_MONITOR_RUNNING;
 
 	if (devfreq->profile->get_cur_freq &&
 		!devfreq->profile->get_cur_freq(devfreq->dev.parent, &freq))
@@ -504,13 +519,14 @@ void devfreq_interval_update(struct devfreq *devfreq, unsigned int *delay)
 	mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
 	devfreq->profile->polling_ms = new_delay;
 
-	if (devfreq->stop_polling)
+	if (devfreq->monitor_state == DEVFREQ_MONITOR_SUSPENDED)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* if new delay is zero, stop polling */
 	if (!new_delay) {
 		mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
 		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&devfreq->work);
+		devfreq->monitor_state == DEVFREQ_MONITOR_STOPPED;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -526,7 +542,7 @@ void devfreq_interval_update(struct devfreq *devfreq, unsigned int *delay)
 		mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
 		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&devfreq->work);
 		mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
-		if (!devfreq->stop_polling)
+		if (devfreq->monitor_state != DEVFREQ_MONITOR_SUSPENDED)
 			queue_delayed_work(devfreq_wq, &devfreq->work,
 			      msecs_to_jiffies(devfreq->profile->polling_ms));
 	}
@@ -1372,7 +1388,7 @@ static ssize_t trans_stat_show(struct device *dev,
 	int i, j;
 	unsigned int max_state = devfreq->profile->max_state;
 
-	if (!devfreq->stop_polling &&
+	if ((devfreq->monitor_state == DEVFREQ_MONITOR_RUNNING) &&
 			devfreq_update_status(devfreq, devfreq->previous_freq))
 		return 0;
 	if (max_state == 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/devfreq.h b/include/linux/devfreq.h
index fbffa74bfc1bb..0a618bbb8b294 100644
--- a/include/linux/devfreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/devfreq.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct devfreq_dev_profile {
  * @max_freq:	Limit maximum frequency requested by user (0: none)
  * @scaling_min_freq:	Limit minimum frequency requested by OPP interface
  * @scaling_max_freq:	Limit maximum frequency requested by OPP interface
- * @stop_polling:	 devfreq polling status of a device.
+ * @monitor_state:	State of the load monitor.
  * @suspend_freq:	 frequency of a device set during suspend phase.
  * @resume_freq:	 frequency of a device set in resume phase.
  * @suspend_count:	 suspend requests counter for a device.
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ struct devfreq {
 	unsigned long max_freq;
 	unsigned long scaling_min_freq;
 	unsigned long scaling_max_freq;
-	bool stop_polling;
+	int monitor_state;
 
 	unsigned long suspend_freq;
 	unsigned long resume_freq;
