diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.c b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.c
index 6acc7686ed38..863e8ba1daa2 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.c
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 #define NOC_QOS_MODE_FIXED_VAL		0x0
 #define NOC_QOS_MODE_BYPASS_VAL		0x2
 
+#define ICC_BUS_CLK_MIN_RATE		19200000ULL
+
 static int qcom_icc_set_qnoc_qos(struct icc_node *src)
 {
 	struct icc_provider *provider = src->provider;
@@ -380,6 +382,13 @@ static int qcom_icc_set(struct icc_node *src, struct icc_node *dst)
 		do_div(rate, src_qn->buswidth);
 		rate = min_t(u64, rate, LONG_MAX);
 
+		/*
+		 * Downstream checks whether the requested rate is zero, but it makes little sense
+		 * to vote for a value that's below the lower threshold, so let's not do so.
+		 */
+		if (bucket == QCOM_ICC_BUCKET_WAKE && qp->keep_alive)
+			rate = max(ICC_BUS_CLK_MIN_RATE, rate);
+
 		if (qp->bus_clk_rate[i] == rate)
 			continue;
 
@@ -453,6 +462,7 @@ int qnoc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	for (i = 0; i < qp->num_bus_clks; i++)
 		qp->bus_clks[i].id = bus_clocks[i];
 
+	qp->keep_alive = desc->keep_alive;
 	qp->type = desc->type;
 	qp->qos_offset = desc->qos_offset;
 
diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.h b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.h
index ee705edf19dd..d2c04c400cad 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.h
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum qcom_icc_type {
  * @bus_clk_rate: bus clock rate in Hz
  * @bus_clks: the clk_bulk_data table of bus clocks
  * @intf_clks: a clk_bulk_data array of interface clocks
+ * @keep_alive: whether to always keep a minimum vote on the bus clocks
  * @is_on: whether the bus is powered on
  */
 struct qcom_icc_provider {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ struct qcom_icc_provider {
 	u64 bus_clk_rate[NUM_BUS_CLKS];
 	struct clk_bulk_data bus_clks[NUM_BUS_CLKS];
 	struct clk_bulk_data *intf_clks;
+	bool keep_alive;
 	bool is_on;
 };
 
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ struct qcom_icc_desc {
 	const char * const *bus_clocks;
 	const char * const *intf_clocks;
 	size_t num_intf_clocks;
+	bool keep_alive;
 	bool no_clk_scaling;
 	enum qcom_icc_type type;
 	const struct regmap_config *regmap_cfg;