diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
index cb4283f5a79..65b9f29ef10 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static void acpi_processor_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event)
 	switch (event) {
 	case ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_PERFORMANCE:
 		saved = pr->performance_platform_limit;
-		acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr);
+		acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr, 1);
 		if (saved == pr->performance_platform_limit)
 			break;
 		acpi_bus_generate_proc_event(device, event,
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static int acpi_cpu_soft_notify(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 	struct acpi_processor *pr = per_cpu(processors, cpu);
 
 	if (action == CPU_ONLINE && pr) {
-		acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr);
+		acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr, 0);
 		acpi_processor_cst_has_changed(pr);
 		acpi_processor_tstate_has_changed(pr);
 	}
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int __cpuinit acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	arch_acpi_processor_cleanup_pdc(pr);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
-	acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr);
+	acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr, 0);
 #endif
 	acpi_processor_get_throttling_info(pr);
 	acpi_processor_get_limit_info(pr);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
index 01e366d2b6f..2cabadcc4d8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -152,15 +152,59 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
+#define ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_PERFORMANCE	0x80
+/*
+ * acpi_processor_ppc_ost: Notify firmware the _PPC evaluation status
+ * @handle: ACPI processor handle
+ * @status: the status code of _PPC evaluation
+ *	0: success. OSPM is now using the performance state specificed.
+ *	1: failure. OSPM has not changed the number of P-states in use
+ */
+static void acpi_processor_ppc_ost(acpi_handle handle, int status)
+{
+	union acpi_object params[2] = {
+		{.type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,},
+		{.type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,},
+	};
+	struct acpi_object_list arg_list = {2, params};
+	acpi_handle temp;
+
+	params[0].integer.value = ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_PERFORMANCE;
+	params[1].integer.value =  status;
+
+	/* when there is no _OST , skip it */
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_get_handle(handle, "_OST", &temp)))
+		return;
+
+	acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_OST", &arg_list, NULL);
+	return;
+}
+
+int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr, int event_flag)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (ignore_ppc)
+	if (ignore_ppc) {
+		/*
+		 * Only when it is notification event, the _OST object
+		 * will be evaluated. Otherwise it is skipped.
+		 */
+		if (event_flag)
+			acpi_processor_ppc_ost(pr->handle, 1);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	ret = acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(pr);
-
+	/*
+	 * Only when it is notification event, the _OST object
+	 * will be evaluated. Otherwise it is skipped.
+	 */
+	if (event_flag) {
+		if (ret < 0)
+			acpi_processor_ppc_ost(pr->handle, 1);
+		else
+			acpi_processor_ppc_ost(pr->handle, 0);
+	}
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return (ret);
 	else
diff --git a/include/acpi/processor.h b/include/acpi/processor.h
index 8b668ead6d6..29245c6b5c0 100644
--- a/include/acpi/processor.h
+++ b/include/acpi/processor.h
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static inline void acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_enter(struct acpi_processor_cx
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
 void acpi_processor_ppc_init(void);
 void acpi_processor_ppc_exit(void);
-int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr);
+int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr, int event_flag);
 extern int acpi_processor_get_bios_limit(int cpu, unsigned int *limit);
 #else
 static inline void acpi_processor_ppc_init(void)
@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ static inline void acpi_processor_ppc_exit(void)
 {
 	return;
 }
-static inline int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
+static inline int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr,
+								int event_flag)
 {
 	static unsigned int printout = 1;
 	if (printout) {