diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/octeon-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/octeon-hcd.c
index 5a846c3fc34a..256e459ff6d8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/octeon-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/octeon-hcd.c
@@ -378,8 +378,22 @@ struct octeon_hcd {
 	struct cvmx_usb_transaction *active_split;
 	struct cvmx_usb_tx_fifo periodic;
 	struct cvmx_usb_tx_fifo nonperiodic;
+	struct hrtimer sof_timer;
 };
 
+static int cvmx_usb_poll(struct octeon_hcd *usb);
+
+static enum hrtimer_restart octeon_usb_sof_timer(struct hrtimer *t)
+{
+	struct octeon_hcd *usb = container_of(t, struct octeon_hcd, sof_timer);
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&usb->lock, flags);
+	cvmx_usb_poll(usb);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&usb->lock, flags);
+	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+}
+
 /*
  * This macro logically sets a single field in a CSR. It does the sequence
  * read, modify, and write
@@ -1908,6 +1922,7 @@ static void cvmx_usb_schedule(struct octeon_hcd *usb, int is_sof)
 	int channel;
 	struct cvmx_usb_pipe *pipe;
 	int need_sof;
+	u64 min_due;
 	enum cvmx_usb_transfer ttype;
 
 	if (usb->init_flags & CVMX_USB_INITIALIZE_FLAGS_NO_DMA) {
@@ -1948,15 +1963,33 @@ done:
 	 * future that might need to be scheduled
 	 */
 	need_sof = 0;
+	min_due = ~0ull;
 	for (ttype = CVMX_USB_TRANSFER_CONTROL;
 	     ttype <= CVMX_USB_TRANSFER_INTERRUPT; ttype++) {
 		list_for_each_entry(pipe, &usb->active_pipes[ttype], node) {
-			if (pipe->next_tx_frame > usb->frame_number) {
-				need_sof = 1;
-				break;
-			}
+			if (pipe->next_tx_frame > usb->frame_number &&
+			    pipe->next_tx_frame < min_due)
+				min_due = pipe->next_tx_frame;
 		}
 	}
+	if (min_due != ~0ull) {
+		u64 delta = min_due - usb->frame_number;
+
+		/*
+		 * frame_number is resynced from HFNUM on every poll, so a
+		 * deadline that is many frames away does not need an
+		 * interrupt on every SOF to count them down - sleep on the
+		 * timer instead and keep SOF interrupts for deadlines within
+		 * a few frames. Stay well below the 16383-frame wrap of
+		 * HFNUM. One (micro)frame is 125us in high-speed mode.
+		 */
+		if (delta <= 4 || delta > 8000)
+			need_sof = 1;
+		else
+			hrtimer_start(&usb->sof_timer,
+				      ns_to_ktime((delta - 2) * 125000),
+				      HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+	}
 	USB_SET_FIELD32(CVMX_USBCX_GINTMSK(usb->index),
 			cvmx_usbcx_gintmsk, sofmsk, need_sof);
 }
@@ -3646,6 +3679,8 @@ static int octeon_usb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	usb = (struct octeon_hcd *)hcd->hcd_priv;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&usb->lock);
+	hrtimer_setup(&usb->sof_timer, octeon_usb_sof_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
+		      HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 
 	usb->init_flags = initialize_flags;
 
@@ -3696,6 +3731,7 @@ static void octeon_usb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	usb_remove_hcd(hcd);
+	hrtimer_cancel(&usb->sof_timer);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&usb->lock, flags);
 	status = cvmx_usb_shutdown(usb);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&usb->lock, flags);