diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/exynos5440-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/exynos5440-cpufreq.c
index 1bf9b060d52298cdd089b62bd5bd2064d1994681..76bef8b078cbfa7c2d1364375063c344ae00fcd0 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/exynos5440-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/exynos5440-cpufreq.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int exynos_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 }
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver exynos_driver = {
-	.flags		= CPUFREQ_STICKY,
+	.flags		= CPUFREQ_STICKY | CPUFREQ_ASYNC_NOTIFICATION,
 	.verify		= cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify,
 	.target_index	= exynos_target,
 	.get		= exynos_getspeed,
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 62a1ce47d3df27c1b7397473b06d99bdfafeda39..0023c7d40a51a21994620907e75520e5512c5d52 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,7 @@ static unsigned int powernowk8_get(unsigned int cpu)
 }
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver cpufreq_amd64_driver = {
+	.flags		= CPUFREQ_ASYNC_NOTIFICATION,
 	.verify		= cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify,
 	.target_index	= powernowk8_target,
 	.bios_limit	= acpi_processor_get_bios_limit,
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 93a8c34d6c7fc9e73a6bf1290cb114c6fd8f9c26..5bd6ab9b0c2750fca49409c9714d41f1ce7a2d9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -237,6 +237,13 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
  */
 #define CPUFREQ_HAVE_GOVERNOR_PER_POLICY (1 << 3)
 
+/*
+ * Driver will do POSTCHANGE notifications from outside of their ->target()
+ * routine and so must set cpufreq_driver->flags with this flag, so that core
+ * can handle them specially.
+ */
+#define CPUFREQ_ASYNC_NOTIFICATION  (1 << 4)
+
 int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);
 int cpufreq_unregister_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);