diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshpb.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshpb.c
index 8b4029b9da2e8..a330c4922965c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshpb.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshpb.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include "ufshpb.h"
 #include "../sd.h"
 
+#define ACTIVATION_THRESHOLD 8 /* 8 IOs */
+
 /* memory management */
 static struct kmem_cache *ufshpb_mctx_cache;
 static mempool_t *ufshpb_mctx_pool;
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ static int tot_active_srgn_pages;
 
 static struct workqueue_struct *ufshpb_wq;
 
+static void ufshpb_update_active_info(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb, int rgn_idx,
+				      int srgn_idx);
+
 bool ufshpb_is_allowed(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 {
 	return !(hba->ufshpb_dev.hpb_disabled);
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@ static void ufshpb_iterate_rgn(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb, int rgn_idx, int srgn_idx,
 			       int srgn_offset, int cnt, bool set_dirty)
 {
 	struct ufshpb_region *rgn;
-	struct ufshpb_subregion *srgn;
+	struct ufshpb_subregion *srgn, *prev_srgn = NULL;
 	int set_bit_len;
 	int bitmap_len;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -168,15 +173,39 @@ static void ufshpb_iterate_rgn(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb, int rgn_idx, int srgn_idx,
 	else
 		set_bit_len = cnt;
 
-	if (set_dirty)
-		set_bit(RGN_FLAG_DIRTY, &rgn->rgn_flags);
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hpb->rgn_state_lock, flags);
 	if (set_dirty && rgn->rgn_state != HPB_RGN_INACTIVE &&
 	    srgn->srgn_state == HPB_SRGN_VALID)
 		bitmap_set(srgn->mctx->ppn_dirty, srgn_offset, set_bit_len);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hpb->rgn_state_lock, flags);
 
+	if (hpb->is_hcm && prev_srgn != srgn) {
+		bool activate = false;
+
+		spin_lock(&rgn->rgn_lock);
+		if (set_dirty) {
+			rgn->reads -= srgn->reads;
+			srgn->reads = 0;
+			set_bit(RGN_FLAG_DIRTY, &rgn->rgn_flags);
+		} else {
+			srgn->reads++;
+			rgn->reads++;
+			if (srgn->reads == ACTIVATION_THRESHOLD)
+				activate = true;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&rgn->rgn_lock);
+
+		if (activate) {
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&hpb->rsp_list_lock, flags);
+			ufshpb_update_active_info(hpb, rgn_idx, srgn_idx);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hpb->rsp_list_lock, flags);
+			dev_dbg(&hpb->sdev_ufs_lu->sdev_dev,
+				"activate region %d-%d\n", rgn_idx, srgn_idx);
+		}
+
+		prev_srgn = srgn;
+	}
+
 	srgn_offset = 0;
 	if (++srgn_idx == hpb->srgns_per_rgn) {
 		srgn_idx = 0;
@@ -605,6 +634,19 @@ int ufshpb_prep(struct ufs_hba *hba, struct ufshcd_lrb *lrbp)
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(transfer_len > HPB_MULTI_CHUNK_HIGH);
 
+	if (hpb->is_hcm) {
+		/*
+		 * in host control mode, reads are the main source for
+		 * activation trials.
+		 */
+		ufshpb_iterate_rgn(hpb, rgn_idx, srgn_idx, srgn_offset,
+				   transfer_len, false);
+
+		/* keep those counters normalized */
+		if (rgn->reads > hpb->entries_per_srgn)
+			schedule_work(&hpb->ufshpb_normalization_work);
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hpb->rgn_state_lock, flags);
 	if (ufshpb_test_ppn_dirty(hpb, rgn_idx, srgn_idx, srgn_offset,
 				   transfer_len)) {
@@ -756,6 +798,8 @@ static void ufshpb_update_active_info(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb, int rgn_idx,
 
 	if (list_empty(&srgn->list_act_srgn))
 		list_add_tail(&srgn->list_act_srgn, &hpb->lh_act_srgn);
+
+	hpb->stats.rb_active_cnt++;
 }
 
 static void ufshpb_update_inactive_info(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb, int rgn_idx)
@@ -771,6 +815,8 @@ static void ufshpb_update_inactive_info(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb, int rgn_idx)
 
 	if (list_empty(&rgn->list_inact_rgn))
 		list_add_tail(&rgn->list_inact_rgn, &hpb->lh_inact_rgn);
+
+	hpb->stats.rb_inactive_cnt++;
 }
 
 static void ufshpb_activate_subregion(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb,
@@ -1084,6 +1130,7 @@ static int ufshpb_evict_region(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb, struct ufshpb_region *rgn)
 			 rgn->rgn_idx);
 		goto out;
 	}
+
 	if (!list_empty(&rgn->list_lru_rgn)) {
 		if (ufshpb_check_srgns_issue_state(hpb, rgn)) {
 			ret = -EBUSY;
@@ -1278,7 +1325,6 @@ static void ufshpb_rsp_req_region_update(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb,
 		if (srgn->srgn_state == HPB_SRGN_VALID)
 			srgn->srgn_state = HPB_SRGN_INVALID;
 		spin_unlock(&hpb->rgn_state_lock);
-		hpb->stats.rb_active_cnt++;
 	}
 
 	if (hpb->is_hcm) {
@@ -1310,7 +1356,6 @@ static void ufshpb_rsp_req_region_update(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb,
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&hpb->rgn_state_lock);
 
-		hpb->stats.rb_inactive_cnt++;
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -1509,6 +1554,36 @@ static void ufshpb_run_inactive_region_list(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hpb->rsp_list_lock, flags);
 }
 
+static void ufshpb_normalization_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ufshpb_lu *hpb = container_of(work, struct ufshpb_lu,
+					     ufshpb_normalization_work);
+	int rgn_idx;
+
+	for (rgn_idx = 0; rgn_idx < hpb->rgns_per_lu; rgn_idx++) {
+		struct ufshpb_region *rgn = hpb->rgn_tbl + rgn_idx;
+		int srgn_idx;
+
+		spin_lock(&rgn->rgn_lock);
+		rgn->reads = 0;
+		for (srgn_idx = 0; srgn_idx < hpb->srgns_per_rgn; srgn_idx++) {
+			struct ufshpb_subregion *srgn = rgn->srgn_tbl + srgn_idx;
+
+			srgn->reads >>= 1;
+			rgn->reads += srgn->reads;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&rgn->rgn_lock);
+
+		if (rgn->rgn_state != HPB_RGN_ACTIVE || rgn->reads)
+			continue;
+
+		/* if region is active but has no reads - inactivate it */
+		spin_lock(&hpb->rsp_list_lock);
+		ufshpb_update_inactive_info(hpb, rgn->rgn_idx);
+		spin_unlock(&hpb->rsp_list_lock);
+	}
+}
+
 static void ufshpb_map_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct ufshpb_lu *hpb = container_of(work, struct ufshpb_lu, map_work);
@@ -1667,6 +1742,8 @@ static int ufshpb_alloc_region_tbl(struct ufs_hba *hba, struct ufshpb_lu *hpb)
 		rgn = rgn_table + rgn_idx;
 		rgn->rgn_idx = rgn_idx;
 
+		spin_lock_init(&rgn->rgn_lock);
+
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rgn->list_inact_rgn);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rgn->list_lru_rgn);
 
@@ -1908,6 +1985,9 @@ static int ufshpb_lu_hpb_init(struct ufs_hba *hba, struct ufshpb_lu *hpb)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hpb->list_hpb_lu);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&hpb->map_work, ufshpb_map_work_handler);
+	if (hpb->is_hcm)
+		INIT_WORK(&hpb->ufshpb_normalization_work,
+			  ufshpb_normalization_work_handler);
 
 	hpb->map_req_cache = kmem_cache_create("ufshpb_req_cache",
 			  sizeof(struct ufshpb_req), 0, 0, NULL);
@@ -2007,6 +2087,8 @@ static void ufshpb_discard_rsp_lists(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb)
 
 static void ufshpb_cancel_jobs(struct ufshpb_lu *hpb)
 {
+	if (hpb->is_hcm)
+		cancel_work_sync(&hpb->ufshpb_normalization_work);
 	cancel_work_sync(&hpb->map_work);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshpb.h b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshpb.h
index 9ab502f82835f..33d163e76d41a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshpb.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshpb.h
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ struct ufshpb_subregion {
 	int rgn_idx;
 	int srgn_idx;
 	bool is_last;
+
+	/* subregion reads - for host mode */
+	unsigned int reads;
+
 	/* below information is used by rsp_list */
 	struct list_head list_act_srgn;
 };
@@ -123,6 +127,10 @@ struct ufshpb_region {
 	struct list_head list_lru_rgn;
 	unsigned long rgn_flags;
 #define RGN_FLAG_DIRTY 0
+
+	/* region reads - for host mode */
+	spinlock_t rgn_lock;
+	unsigned int reads;
 };
 
 #define for_each_sub_region(rgn, i, srgn)				\
@@ -212,6 +220,7 @@ struct ufshpb_lu {
 
 	/* for selecting victim */
 	struct victim_select_info lru_info;
+	struct work_struct ufshpb_normalization_work;
 
 	/* pinned region information */
 	u32 lu_pinned_start;