diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/governor.h b/drivers/devfreq/governor.h
index b81700244ce3e967da7de7b0ee50d744516359ff..f53339ca610fc3e4ca0022f162a0cd3217fcbdc8 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/governor.h
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/governor.h
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ struct devfreq_governor {
 				unsigned int event, void *data);
 };
 
-/* Caution: devfreq->lock must be locked before calling update_devfreq */
-extern int update_devfreq(struct devfreq *devfreq);
-
 extern void devfreq_monitor_start(struct devfreq *devfreq);
 extern void devfreq_monitor_stop(struct devfreq *devfreq);
 extern void devfreq_monitor_suspend(struct devfreq *devfreq);
diff --git a/include/linux/devfreq.h b/include/linux/devfreq.h
index 3aae5b3af87cf0436d855ff4a355fa1c9b534ce4..e4963b0f45da9bc860150659d859a48a217a674d 100644
--- a/include/linux/devfreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/devfreq.h
@@ -198,6 +198,14 @@ extern void devm_devfreq_remove_device(struct device *dev,
 extern int devfreq_suspend_device(struct devfreq *devfreq);
 extern int devfreq_resume_device(struct devfreq *devfreq);
 
+/**
+ * update_devfreq() - Reevaluate the device and configure frequency
+ * @devfreq:	the devfreq device
+ *
+ * Note: devfreq->lock must be held
+ */
+extern int update_devfreq(struct devfreq *devfreq);
+
 /* Helper functions for devfreq user device driver with OPP. */
 extern struct dev_pm_opp *devfreq_recommended_opp(struct device *dev,
 					   unsigned long *freq, u32 flags);