diff --git a/irqbalance.c b/irqbalance.c
index c229b9d..c87953c 100644
--- a/irqbalance.c
+++ b/irqbalance.c
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ int debug_mode;
 int numa_avail;
 int need_cpu_rescan;
 extern cpumask_t banned_cpus;
-static int counter;
 enum hp_e hint_policy = HINT_POLICY_SUBSET;
-
+unsigned long power_thresh = ULONG_MAX;
+unsigned long long cycle_count = 0;
 
 void sleep_approx(int seconds)
 {
@@ -63,12 +63,14 @@ struct option lopts[] = {
 	{"oneshot", 0, NULL, 'o'},
 	{"debug", 0, NULL, 'd'},
 	{"hintpolicy", 1, NULL, 'h'},
+	{"powerthresh", 1, NULL, 'p'},
 	{0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
 static void usage(void)
 {
-	printf("irqbalance [--oneshot | -o] [--debug | -d] [--hintpolicy= | -h [exact|subset|ignore]]");
+	printf("irqbalance [--oneshot | -o] [--debug | -d] [--hintpolicy= | -h [exact|subset|ignore]]\n");
+	printf("	[--powerthresh= | -p <off> | <n>]\n");
 }
 
 static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 	int longind;
 
 	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv,
-		"odh:",
+		"odh:p:",
 		lopts, &longind)) != -1) {
 
 		switch(opt) {
@@ -99,6 +101,17 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 					exit(1);
 				}
 				break;
+			case 'p':
+				if (!strncmp(optarg, "off", strlen(optarg)))
+					power_thresh = ULONG_MAX;
+				else {
+					power_thresh = strtoull(optarg, NULL, 10);
+					if (power_thresh == ULONG_MAX) {
+						usage();
+						exit(1);
+					}
+				}
+				break;
 			case 'o':
 				one_shot_mode=1;
 				break;
@@ -153,7 +166,6 @@ static void force_rebalance_irq(struct irq_info *info, void *data __attribute__(
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-	int compute_migration_status=0;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
 	parse_command_line(argc, argv);
@@ -214,7 +226,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 			printf("\n\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
 
 
-		check_power_mode();
 		parse_proc_interrupts();
 		parse_proc_stat();
 
@@ -231,14 +242,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 			free_object_tree();
 			build_object_tree();
 			for_each_irq(NULL, force_rebalance_irq, NULL);
-			compute_migration_status=0;
+			cycle_count=0;
 		} 
 
-		if (compute_migration_status)	
+		if (cycle_count)	
 			update_migration_status();
-		else
-			compute_migration_status=1;
-
 
 		calculate_placement();
 		activate_mappings();
@@ -248,7 +256,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		if (one_shot_mode)
 			break;
 		clear_work_stats();
-		counter++;
+		cycle_count++;
 
 	}
 	free_object_tree();
diff --git a/irqbalance.h b/irqbalance.h
index acf7e0e..8849d0e 100644
--- a/irqbalance.h
+++ b/irqbalance.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ extern int one_shot_mode;
 extern int power_mode;
 extern int need_cpu_rescan;
 extern enum hp_e hint_policy;
+extern unsigned long long cycle_count;
+extern unsigned long power_thresh;
 
 /*
  * Numa node access routines
diff --git a/irqlist.c b/irqlist.c
index 5a83f4b..d57049a 100644
--- a/irqlist.c
+++ b/irqlist.c
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ struct load_balance_info {
 	int load_sources;
 	unsigned long long int deviations;
 	long double std_deviation;
+	unsigned int num_within;
+	unsigned int num_over;
+	unsigned int num_under;
+	struct topo_obj *powersave;
 };
 
 static void gather_load_stats(struct topo_obj *obj, void *data)
@@ -102,13 +106,21 @@ static void migrate_overloaded_irqs(struct topo_obj *obj, void *data)
 	/*
  	 * Don't rebalance irqs on objects whos load is below the average
  	 */
-	if (obj->load <= info->avg_load)
+	if (obj->load <= info->avg_load) {
+		if ((obj->load + info->std_deviation) <= info->avg_load) {
+			info->num_under++;
+			info->powersave = obj;
+		} else
+			info->num_within++; 
 		return;
+	}
 
 	deviation = obj->load - info->avg_load;
 
 	if ((deviation > info->std_deviation) &&
 	    (g_list_length(obj->interrupts) > 1)) {
+
+		info->num_over++;
 		/*
  		 * We have a cpu that is overloaded and 
  		 * has irqs that can be moved to fix that
@@ -124,10 +136,21 @@ static void migrate_overloaded_irqs(struct topo_obj *obj, void *data)
  		 * difference reaches zero
  		 */
 		for_each_irq(obj->interrupts, move_candidate_irqs, &deviation);
-	}
+	} else
+		info->num_within++;
 
 }
 
+static void force_irq_migration(struct irq_info *info, void *data __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+	migrate_irq(&info->assigned_obj->interrupts, &rebalance_irq_list, info);
+}
+
+static void clear_powersave_mode(struct topo_obj *obj, void *data __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+	obj->powersave_mode = 0;
+}
+
 #define find_overloaded_objs(name, info) do {\
 	int ___load_sources;\
 	memset(&(info), 0, sizeof(struct load_balance_info));\
@@ -145,6 +168,13 @@ void update_migration_status(void)
 	struct load_balance_info info;
 
 	find_overloaded_objs(cpus, info);
+	if (cycle_count > 5) {
+		if (!info.num_over && (info.num_under >= power_thresh)) {
+			info.powersave->powersave_mode = 1;
+			for_each_irq(info.powersave->interrupts, force_irq_migration, NULL);
+		} else if (info.num_over)
+			for_each_object(cpus, clear_powersave_mode, NULL);
+	}
 	find_overloaded_objs(cache_domains, info);
 	find_overloaded_objs(packages, info);
 	find_overloaded_objs(numa_nodes, info);
diff --git a/placement.c b/placement.c
index 0e0a998..cfa419e 100644
--- a/placement.c
+++ b/placement.c
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ static void find_best_object(struct topo_obj *d, void *data)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (d->powersave_mode)
+		return;
+
 	newload = d->load;
 	if (newload < best->best_cost) {
 		best->best = d;
diff --git a/powermode.c b/powermode.c
index 809cae8..82ba490 100644
--- a/powermode.c
+++ b/powermode.c
@@ -28,54 +28,7 @@
 #include "irqbalance.h"
 
 
-extern int power_mode;
-
-static uint64_t previous;
-
-static unsigned int hysteresis;
-
 void check_power_mode(void)
 {
-	FILE *file;
-	char *line = NULL;
-	size_t size = 0;
-	char *c;
-	uint64_t dummy __attribute__((unused));
-	uint64_t irq, softirq;
-	file = fopen("/proc/stat", "r");
-	if (!file)
-		return;
-	if (getline(&line, &size, file)==0)
-		size=0;
-	fclose(file);
-	if (!line)
-		return;
-	c=&line[4];
-	dummy = strtoull(c, &c, 10); /* user */
-	dummy = strtoull(c, &c, 10); /* nice */
-	dummy = strtoull(c, &c, 10); /* system */
-	dummy = strtoull(c, &c, 10); /* idle */
-	dummy = strtoull(c, &c, 10); /* iowait */
-	irq = strtoull(c, &c, 10); /* irq */
-	softirq = strtoull(c, &c, 10); /* softirq */
-
-
-	irq += softirq;
-	printf("IRQ delta is %lu \n", (unsigned long)(irq - previous) );
-	if (irq - previous <  POWER_MODE_SOFTIRQ_THRESHOLD)  {
-		hysteresis++;
-		if (hysteresis > POWER_MODE_HYSTERESIS) {
-			if (debug_mode && !power_mode)
-				printf("IRQ delta is %lu, switching to power mode \n", (unsigned long)(irq - previous) );
-			power_mode = 1;
-		}
-	} else {
-		if (debug_mode && power_mode)
-			printf("IRQ delta is %lu, switching to performance mode \n", (unsigned long)(irq - previous) );
-		power_mode = 0;
-		hysteresis = 0;
-	}
-	previous = irq;
-	free(line);
 }
 
diff --git a/types.h b/types.h
index c26617f..1fd2be9 100644
--- a/types.h
+++ b/types.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct topo_obj {
 	uint64_t load;
 	enum obj_type_e obj_type;
 	int number;
+	int powersave_mode;
 	cpumask_t mask;
 	GList *interrupts;
 	struct topo_obj *parent;