diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
index a3907c390d67..41cf6a0535b4 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct timerlat_hist_params {
 	int			entries;
 	int			warmup;
 	int			buffer_size;
+	int			deepest_idle_state;
 };
 
 struct timerlat_hist_cpu {
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ static void timerlat_hist_usage(char *usage)
 		"         [-t[file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list]\\",
 		"	  [-P priority] [-E N] [-b N] [--no-irq] [--no-thread] [--no-header] [--no-summary] \\",
 		"	  [--no-index] [--with-zeros] [--dma-latency us] [-C[=cgroup_name]] [--no-aa] [--dump-task] [-u|-k]",
-		"	  [--warm-up s]",
+		"	  [--warm-up s] [--deepest-idle-state n]",
 		"",
 		"	  -h/--help: print this menu",
 		"	  -a/--auto: set automatic trace mode, stopping the session if argument in us latency is hit",
@@ -695,6 +696,7 @@ static void timerlat_hist_usage(char *usage)
 		"	  -U/--user-load: enable timerlat for user-defined user-space workload",
 		"	     --warm-up s: let the workload run for s seconds before collecting data",
 		"	     --trace-buffer-size kB: set the per-cpu trace buffer size in kB",
+		"	     --deepest-idle-state n: only go down to idle state n on cpus used by timerlat to reduce exit from idle latency",
 		NULL,
 	};
 
@@ -732,6 +734,9 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 	/* disabled by default */
 	params->dma_latency = -1;
 
+	/* disabled by default */
+	params->deepest_idle_state = -2;
+
 	/* display data in microseconds */
 	params->output_divisor = 1000;
 	params->bucket_size = 1;
@@ -772,6 +777,7 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 			{"dump-task",		no_argument,		0, '\1'},
 			{"warm-up",		required_argument,	0, '\2'},
 			{"trace-buffer-size",	required_argument,	0, '\3'},
+			{"deepest-idle-state",	required_argument,	0, '\4'},
 			{0, 0, 0, 0}
 		};
 
@@ -960,6 +966,9 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 		case '\3':
 			params->buffer_size = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
 			break;
+		case '\4':
+			params->deepest_idle_state = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+			break;
 		default:
 			timerlat_hist_usage("Invalid option");
 		}
@@ -1152,6 +1161,9 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int return_value = 1;
 	pthread_t timerlat_u;
 	int retval;
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCPUPOWER_SUPPORT
+	int i;
+#endif /* HAVE_LIBCPUPOWER_SUPPORT */
 
 	params = timerlat_hist_parse_args(argc, argv);
 	if (!params)
@@ -1201,6 +1213,26 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (params->deepest_idle_state >= -1) {
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCPUPOWER_SUPPORT
+		for (i = 0; i < sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); i++) {
+			if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(i, &params->monitored_cpus))
+				continue;
+			if (save_cpu_idle_disable_state(i) < 0) {
+				err_msg("Could not save cpu idle state.\n");
+				goto out_free;
+			}
+			if (set_deepest_cpu_idle_state(i, params->deepest_idle_state) < 0) {
+				err_msg("Could not set deepest cpu idle state.\n");
+				goto out_free;
+			}
+		}
+#else
+		err_msg("rtla built without libcpupower, --deepest-idle-state is not supported\n");
+		goto out_free;
+#endif /* HAVE_LIBCPUPOWER_SUPPORT */
+	}
+
 	if (params->trace_output) {
 		record = osnoise_init_trace_tool("timerlat");
 		if (!record) {
@@ -1332,6 +1364,15 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	timerlat_aa_destroy();
 	if (dma_latency_fd >= 0)
 		close(dma_latency_fd);
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCPUPOWER_SUPPORT
+	if (params->deepest_idle_state >= -1) {
+		for (i = 0; i < sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); i++) {
+			if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(i, &params->monitored_cpus))
+				continue;
+			restore_cpu_idle_disable_state(i);
+		}
+	}
+#endif /* HAVE_LIBCPUPOWER_SUPPORT */
 	trace_events_destroy(&record->trace, params->events);
 	params->events = NULL;
 out_free:
@@ -1340,6 +1381,9 @@ int timerlat_hist_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	osnoise_destroy_tool(record);
 	osnoise_destroy_tool(tool);
 	free(params);
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCPUPOWER_SUPPORT
+	free_cpu_idle_disable_states();
+#endif /* HAVE_LIBCPUPOWER_SUPPORT */
 out_exit:
 	exit(return_value);
 }
