diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/tegra30-devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/tegra30-devfreq.c
index 2d720e7e2236..6960d8ba0577 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/tegra30-devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/tegra30-devfreq.c
@@ -514,6 +514,21 @@ static int tegra_actmon_start(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra)
 	actmon_writel(tegra, ACTMON_SAMPLING_PERIOD - 1,
 		      ACTMON_GLB_PERIOD_CTRL);
 
+	/*
+	 * CLK notifications are needed in order to reconfigure the upper
+	 * consecutive watermark in accordance to the actual clock rate
+	 * to avoid unnecessary upper interrupts.
+	 */
+	err = clk_notifier_register(tegra->emc_clock,
+				    &tegra->clk_rate_change_nb);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(tegra->devfreq->dev.parent,
+			"Failed to register rate change notifier\n");
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	tegra->cur_freq = clk_get_rate(tegra->emc_clock) / KHZ;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tegra->devices); i++)
 		tegra_actmon_configure_device(tegra, &tegra->devices[i]);
 
@@ -539,6 +554,8 @@ static int tegra_actmon_start(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra)
 err_stop:
 	tegra_actmon_stop_devices(tegra);
 
+	clk_notifier_unregister(tegra->emc_clock, &tegra->clk_rate_change_nb);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -552,6 +569,8 @@ static void tegra_actmon_stop(struct tegra_devfreq *tegra)
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&tegra->cpufreq_update_work);
 
 	tegra_actmon_stop_devices(tegra);
+
+	clk_notifier_unregister(tegra->emc_clock, &tegra->clk_rate_change_nb);
 }
 
 static int tegra_devfreq_target(struct device *dev, unsigned long *freq,
@@ -768,7 +787,6 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return rate;
 	}
 
-	tegra->cur_freq = clk_get_rate(tegra->emc_clock) / KHZ;
 	tegra->max_freq = rate / KHZ;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(actmon_device_configs); i++) {
@@ -796,27 +814,20 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tegra);
 
+	tegra->clk_rate_change_nb.notifier_call = tegra_actmon_clk_notify_cb;
 	tegra->cpu_rate_change_nb.notifier_call = tegra_actmon_cpu_notify_cb;
 
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&tegra->cpufreq_update_work,
 			  tegra_actmon_delayed_update);
 
-	tegra->clk_rate_change_nb.notifier_call = tegra_actmon_clk_notify_cb;
-	err = clk_notifier_register(tegra->emc_clock,
-				    &tegra->clk_rate_change_nb);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-			"Failed to register rate change notifier\n");
-		goto remove_opps;
-	}
-
 	err = devfreq_add_governor(&tegra_devfreq_governor);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to add governor: %d\n", err);
-		goto unreg_notifier;
+		goto remove_opps;
 	}
 
-	tegra_devfreq_profile.initial_freq = tegra->cur_freq;
+	tegra_devfreq_profile.initial_freq = clk_get_rate(tegra->emc_clock);
+	tegra_devfreq_profile.initial_freq /= KHZ;
 
 	devfreq = devfreq_add_device(&pdev->dev, &tegra_devfreq_profile,
 				     "tegra_actmon", NULL);
@@ -830,9 +841,6 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 remove_governor:
 	devfreq_remove_governor(&tegra_devfreq_governor);
 
-unreg_notifier:
-	clk_notifier_unregister(tegra->emc_clock, &tegra->clk_rate_change_nb);
-
 remove_opps:
 	dev_pm_opp_remove_all_dynamic(&pdev->dev);
 
@@ -849,7 +857,6 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	devfreq_remove_device(tegra->devfreq);
 	devfreq_remove_governor(&tegra_devfreq_governor);
 
-	clk_notifier_unregister(tegra->emc_clock, &tegra->clk_rate_change_nb);
 	dev_pm_opp_remove_all_dynamic(&pdev->dev);
 
 	reset_control_reset(tegra->reset);