diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pwm.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pwm.rst
index f1d8197c8c430..3c28ccc4b6113 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/pwm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pwm.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ After being requested, a PWM has to be configured using::
 This API controls both the PWM period/duty_cycle config and the
 enable/disable state.
 
+PWM devices can be used from atomic context, if the PWM does not sleep. You
+can check if this the case with::
+
+        bool pwm_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm);
+
+If false, the PWM can also be configured from atomic context with::
+
+	int pwm_apply_atomic(struct pwm_device *pwm, struct pwm_state *state);
+
 As a consumer, don't rely on the output's state for a disabled PWM. If it's
 easily possible, drivers are supposed to emit the inactive state, but some
 drivers cannot. If you rely on getting the inactive state, use .duty_cycle=0,
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c584805952209..5342cf32d73ff 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -17576,7 +17576,7 @@ F:	drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
 F:	include/dt-bindings/pwm/
 F:	include/linux/pwm.h
 F:	include/linux/pwm_backlight.h
-K:	pwm_(config|apply_might_sleep|ops)
+K:	pwm_(config|apply_might_sleep|apply_atomic|ops)
 
 PXA GPIO DRIVER
 M:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/core.c b/drivers/pwm/core.c
index c2d78136625d5..30c0623dbd5ba 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/core.c
@@ -433,24 +433,15 @@ static void pwm_apply_debug(struct pwm_device *pwm,
 }
 
 /**
- * pwm_apply_might_sleep() - atomically apply a new state to a PWM device
+ * pwm_apply_unchecked() - atomically apply a new state to a PWM device
  * @pwm: PWM device
  * @state: new state to apply
  */
-int pwm_apply_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state)
+static int pwm_apply_unchecked(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state)
 {
 	struct pwm_chip *chip;
 	int err;
 
-	/*
-	 * Some lowlevel driver's implementations of .apply() make use of
-	 * mutexes, also with some drivers only returning when the new
-	 * configuration is active calling pwm_apply_might_sleep() from atomic context
-	 * is a bad idea. So make it explicit that calling this function might
-	 * sleep.
-	 */
-	might_sleep();
-
 	if (!pwm || !state || !state->period ||
 	    state->duty_cycle > state->period)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -471,16 +462,66 @@ int pwm_apply_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state)
 
 	pwm->state = *state;
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pwm_apply_might_sleep() - atomically apply a new state to a PWM device
+ * Cannot be used in atomic context.
+ * @pwm: PWM device
+ * @state: new state to apply
+ */
+int pwm_apply_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	/*
+	 * Some lowlevel driver's implementations of .apply() make use of
+	 * mutexes, also with some drivers only returning when the new
+	 * configuration is active calling pwm_apply_might_sleep() from atomic context
+	 * is a bad idea. So make it explicit that calling this function might
+	 * sleep.
+	 */
+	might_sleep();
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PWM_DEBUG) && pwm->chip->atomic) {
+		/*
+		 * Catch any drivers that have been marked as atomic but
+		 * that will sleep anyway.
+		 */
+		non_block_start();
+		err = pwm_apply_unchecked(pwm, state);
+		non_block_end();
+	} else {
+		err = pwm_apply_unchecked(pwm, state);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * only do this after pwm->state was applied as some
 	 * implementations of .get_state depend on this
 	 */
-	pwm_apply_debug(pwm, state);
+	if (!err)
+		pwm_apply_debug(pwm, state);
 
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pwm_apply_might_sleep);
 
+/**
+ * pwm_apply_atomic() - apply a new state to a PWM device from atomic context
+ * Not all PWM devices support this function, check with pwm_might_sleep().
+ * @pwm: PWM device
+ * @state: new state to apply
+ */
+int pwm_apply_atomic(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state)
+{
+	WARN_ONCE(!pwm->chip->atomic,
+		  "sleeping PWM driver used in atomic context\n");
+
+	return pwm_apply_unchecked(pwm, state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pwm_apply_atomic);
+
 /**
  * pwm_capture() - capture and report a PWM signal
  * @pwm: PWM device
diff --git a/include/linux/pwm.h b/include/linux/pwm.h
index c9cb87b59ac80..495af3627939c 100644
--- a/include/linux/pwm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pwm.h
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ struct pwm_ops {
  * @npwm: number of PWMs controlled by this chip
  * @of_xlate: request a PWM device given a device tree PWM specifier
  * @of_pwm_n_cells: number of cells expected in the device tree PWM specifier
+ * @atomic: can the driver's ->apply() be called in atomic context
  * @pwms: array of PWM devices allocated by the framework
  */
 struct pwm_chip {
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ struct pwm_chip {
 	struct pwm_device * (*of_xlate)(struct pwm_chip *chip,
 					const struct of_phandle_args *args);
 	unsigned int of_pwm_n_cells;
+	bool atomic;
 
 	/* only used internally by the PWM framework */
 	struct pwm_device *pwms;
@@ -305,6 +307,7 @@ struct pwm_chip {
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PWM)
 /* PWM user APIs */
 int pwm_apply_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state);
+int pwm_apply_atomic(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state);
 int pwm_adjust_config(struct pwm_device *pwm);
 
 /**
@@ -375,6 +378,17 @@ static inline void pwm_disable(struct pwm_device *pwm)
 	pwm_apply_might_sleep(pwm, &state);
 }
 
+/**
+ * pwm_might_sleep() - is pwm_apply_atomic() supported?
+ * @pwm: PWM device
+ *
+ * Returns: false if pwm_apply_atomic() can be called from atomic context.
+ */
+static inline bool pwm_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm)
+{
+	return !pwm->chip->atomic;
+}
+
 /* PWM provider APIs */
 int pwm_capture(struct pwm_device *pwm, struct pwm_capture *result,
 		unsigned long timeout);
@@ -403,6 +417,11 @@ struct pwm_device *devm_fwnode_pwm_get(struct device *dev,
 				       struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 				       const char *con_id);
 #else
+static inline bool pwm_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 static inline int pwm_apply_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm,
 					const struct pwm_state *state)
 {
@@ -410,6 +429,12 @@ static inline int pwm_apply_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm,
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
+static inline int pwm_apply_atomic(struct pwm_device *pwm,
+				   const struct pwm_state *state)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
 static inline int pwm_adjust_config(struct pwm_device *pwm)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
