diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index 7a74d17..06bfe1c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -42,27 +42,12 @@
  * this governor will not work.
  * All times here are in uS.
  */
-static unsigned int def_sampling_rate;
 #define MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO			(2)
-/* for correct statistics, we need at least 10 ticks between each measure */
-#define MIN_STAT_SAMPLING_RATE 			\
-			(MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO * jiffies_to_usecs(10))
-#define MIN_SAMPLING_RATE			\
-			(def_sampling_rate / MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO)
-/* Above MIN_SAMPLING_RATE will vanish with its sysfs file soon
- * Define the minimal settable sampling rate to the greater of:
- *   - "HW transition latency" * 100 (same as default sampling / 10)
- *   - MIN_STAT_SAMPLING_RATE
- * To avoid that userspace shoots itself.
-*/
-static unsigned int minimum_sampling_rate(void)
-{
-	return max(def_sampling_rate / 10, MIN_STAT_SAMPLING_RATE);
-}
 
-/* This will also vanish soon with removing sampling_rate_max */
-#define MAX_SAMPLING_RATE			(500 * def_sampling_rate)
+static unsigned int min_sampling_rate;
+
 #define LATENCY_MULTIPLIER			(1000)
+#define MIN_LATENCY_MULTIPLIER			(100)
 #define DEF_SAMPLING_DOWN_FACTOR		(1)
 #define MAX_SAMPLING_DOWN_FACTOR		(10)
 #define TRANSITION_LATENCY_LIMIT		(10 * 1000 * 1000)
@@ -190,7 +175,7 @@
 		       current->comm);
 		print_once = 1;
 	}
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", MAX_SAMPLING_RATE);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", -1U);
 }
 
 static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_min(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
@@ -202,7 +187,7 @@
 		       "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", current->comm);
 		print_once = 1;
 	}
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", MIN_SAMPLING_RATE);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", min_sampling_rate);
 }
 
 #define define_one_ro(_name)		\
@@ -254,7 +239,7 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dbs_mutex);
-	dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate = max(input, minimum_sampling_rate());
+	dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate = max(input, min_sampling_rate);
 	mutex_unlock(&dbs_mutex);
 
 	return count;
@@ -601,11 +586,18 @@
 			if (latency == 0)
 				latency = 1;
 
-			def_sampling_rate =
-				max(latency * LATENCY_MULTIPLIER,
-				    MIN_STAT_SAMPLING_RATE);
-
-			dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate = def_sampling_rate;
+			/*
+			 * conservative does not implement micro like ondemand
+			 * governor, thus we are bound to jiffes/HZ
+			 */
+			min_sampling_rate =
+				MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO * jiffies_to_usecs(10);
+			/* Bring kernel and HW constraints together */
+			min_sampling_rate = max(min_sampling_rate,
+					MIN_LATENCY_MULTIPLIER * latency);
+			dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate =
+				max(min_sampling_rate,
+				    latency * LATENCY_MULTIPLIER);
 
 			cpufreq_register_notifier(
 					&dbs_cpufreq_notifier_block,
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index e741c33..a235114 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define DEF_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD		(80)
 #define MICRO_FREQUENCY_DOWN_DIFFERENTIAL	(3)
 #define MICRO_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD		(95)
+#define MICRO_FREQUENCY_MIN_SAMPLE_RATE		(10000)
 #define MIN_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD		(11)
 #define MAX_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD		(100)
 
@@ -45,27 +46,12 @@
  * this governor will not work.
  * All times here are in uS.
  */
-static unsigned int def_sampling_rate;
 #define MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO			(2)
-/* for correct statistics, we need at least 10 ticks between each measure */
-#define MIN_STAT_SAMPLING_RATE 			\
-			(MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO * jiffies_to_usecs(10))
-#define MIN_SAMPLING_RATE			\
-			(def_sampling_rate / MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO)
-/* Above MIN_SAMPLING_RATE will vanish with its sysfs file soon
- * Define the minimal settable sampling rate to the greater of:
- *   - "HW transition latency" * 100 (same as default sampling / 10)
- *   - MIN_STAT_SAMPLING_RATE
- * To avoid that userspace shoots itself.
-*/
-static unsigned int minimum_sampling_rate(void)
-{
-	return max(def_sampling_rate / 10, MIN_STAT_SAMPLING_RATE);
-}
 
-/* This will also vanish soon with removing sampling_rate_max */
-#define MAX_SAMPLING_RATE			(500 * def_sampling_rate)
+static unsigned int min_sampling_rate;
+
 #define LATENCY_MULTIPLIER			(1000)
+#define MIN_LATENCY_MULTIPLIER			(100)
 #define TRANSITION_LATENCY_LIMIT		(10 * 1000 * 1000)
 
 static void do_dbs_timer(struct work_struct *work);
@@ -227,7 +213,7 @@
 		       current->comm);
 		print_once = 1;
 	}
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", MAX_SAMPLING_RATE);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", -1U);
 }
 
 static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_min(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
@@ -240,7 +226,7 @@
 		       current->comm);
 		print_once = 1;
 	}
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", MIN_SAMPLING_RATE);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", min_sampling_rate);
 }
 
 #define define_one_ro(_name)		\
@@ -274,7 +260,7 @@
 		mutex_unlock(&dbs_mutex);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate = max(input, minimum_sampling_rate());
+	dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate = max(input, min_sampling_rate);
 	mutex_unlock(&dbs_mutex);
 
 	return count;
@@ -619,12 +605,12 @@
 			latency = policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency / 1000;
 			if (latency == 0)
 				latency = 1;
-
-			def_sampling_rate =
-				max(latency * LATENCY_MULTIPLIER,
-				    MIN_STAT_SAMPLING_RATE);
-
-			dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate = def_sampling_rate;
+			/* Bring kernel and HW constraints together */
+			min_sampling_rate = max(min_sampling_rate,
+					MIN_LATENCY_MULTIPLIER * latency);
+			dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate =
+				max(min_sampling_rate,
+				    latency * LATENCY_MULTIPLIER);
 		}
 		dbs_timer_init(this_dbs_info);
 
@@ -678,6 +664,16 @@
 		dbs_tuners_ins.up_threshold = MICRO_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD;
 		dbs_tuners_ins.down_differential =
 					MICRO_FREQUENCY_DOWN_DIFFERENTIAL;
+		/*
+		 * In no_hz/micro accounting case we set the minimum frequency
+		 * not depending on HZ, but fixed (very low). The deferred
+		 * timer might skip some samples if idle/sleeping as needed.
+		*/
+		min_sampling_rate = MICRO_FREQUENCY_MIN_SAMPLE_RATE;
+	} else {
+		/* For correct statistics, we need 10 ticks for each measure */
+		min_sampling_rate =
+			MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO * jiffies_to_usecs(10);
 	}
 
 	kondemand_wq = create_workqueue("kondemand");