diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.c b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.c
index 40e5c19c5627..82e919ab1094 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.c
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.c
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ static bool bcm_needs_qos_proxy(struct qcom_icc_bcm *bcm)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	if (bcm->qos_proxy)
+		return true;
+
 	if (bcm->voter_idx == 0)
 		for (i = 0; i < bcm->num_nodes; i++)
 			if (bcm->nodes[i]->qosbox)
diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.h b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.h
index a5cb4485d0de..fa8cf1b84631 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.h
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ struct qcom_icc_node {
  * @perf_mode_mask: mask to OR with enable_mask when QCOM_ICC_TAG_PERF_MODE is set
  * @dirty: flag used to indicate whether the bcm needs to be committed
  * @keepalive: flag used to indicate whether a keepalive is required
+ * @qos_proxy: flag used to indicate whether a proxy vote needed as part of
+ * qos configuration
  * @aux_data: auxiliary data used when calculating threshold values and
  * communicating with RPMh
  * @list: used to link to other bcms when compiling lists for commit
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ struct qcom_icc_bcm {
 	u32 perf_mode_mask;
 	bool dirty;
 	bool keepalive;
+	bool qos_proxy;
 	struct bcm_db aux_data;
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct list_head ws_list;