diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/apple,cluster-cpufreq.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/apple,cluster-cpufreq.yaml
index a27f4314e0387..c34d6316402cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/apple,cluster-cpufreq.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/apple,cluster-cpufreq.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) AND GPL-2.0-only
 %YAML 1.2
 ---
 $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/cpufreq/apple,cluster-cpufreq.yaml#
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ properties:
       - const: apple,s5l8960x-cluster-cpufreq
       - const: apple,t8140-cluster-cpufreq
       - const: apple,t8142-cluster-cpufreq
+      - const: apple,t6050-cluster-cpufreq
       - const: apple,t8152-cluster-cpufreq
       - items:
           - const: apple,t6020-cluster-cpufreq
@@ -57,6 +58,16 @@ properties:
           - description: Cluster lane (0 for E, 1 for P on T8140)
             enum: [0, 1]
 
+  apple,firmware-managed-thermal:
+    type: boolean
+    description: |
+      The boot producer has retained active firmware thermal control and
+      qualified it for every OPP published for this cluster. Firmware
+      throttling, voltage and PLL ownership must remain intact throughout
+      the guest lifetime, including after PMP reinitialization. This is
+      an ownership assertion, not a request to enable thermal control.
+      Without it the T6050 driver refuses DVFS registration.
+
   '#performance-domain-cells':
     const: 0
 
@@ -65,6 +76,16 @@ required:
   - reg
   - '#performance-domain-cells'
 
+allOf:
+  - if:
+      properties:
+        compatible:
+          contains:
+            const: apple,t6050-cluster-cpufreq
+    then:
+      required:
+        - apple,firmware-managed-thermal
+
 additionalProperties: false
 
 examples:
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/apple-soc-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/apple-soc-cpufreq.c
index 86273ba1d64d8..2ec08b96ff600 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/apple-soc-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/apple-soc-cpufreq.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ struct apple_soc_cpufreq_info {
 	bool has_ps2;
 	bool verify_transition;
 	bool needs_thermal_policy;
+	bool needs_firmware_thermal_control;
 	u32 transition_timeout_us;
 	u32 max_unmanaged_pstate;
 	u64 min_pstate;
@@ -274,6 +275,16 @@ static const struct apple_soc_cpufreq_info soc_t8152_info = {
 	.ps1_shift = APPLE_DVFS_CMD_PS1_SHIFT,
 };
 
+/* Command-state readback, not a measurement of the clock frequency. */
+static const struct apple_soc_cpufreq_info soc_t6050_info = {
+	.verify_transition = true,
+	.needs_firmware_thermal_control = true,
+	.transition_timeout_us = 2000,
+	.max_pstate = 31,
+	.ps1_mask = APPLE_DVFS_CMD_PS1,
+	.ps1_shift = APPLE_DVFS_CMD_PS1_SHIFT,
+};
+
 static const struct apple_soc_cpufreq_info soc_default_info = {
 	.has_ps2 = false,
 	.max_pstate = 15,
@@ -303,6 +314,10 @@ static const struct of_device_id apple_soc_cpufreq_of_match[] __maybe_unused = {
 		.compatible = "apple,t8140-cluster-cpufreq",
 		.data = &soc_t8140_info,
 	},
+	{
+		.compatible = "apple,t6050-cluster-cpufreq",
+		.data = &soc_t6050_info,
+	},
 	{
 		.compatible = "apple,t8142-cluster-cpufreq",
 		.data = &soc_t8142_info,
@@ -814,6 +829,14 @@ static int apple_soc_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		goto out_free_priv;
 	}
 
+	/* The boot producer must retain and qualify firmware thermal control. */
+	if (info->needs_firmware_thermal_control &&
+	    !of_property_read_bool(cluster, "apple,firmware-managed-thermal")) {
+		dev_err(cpu_dev, "firmware thermal ownership is not declared\n");
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto out_iounmap;
+	}
+
 	ret = dev_pm_opp_of_cpumask_add_table(policy->cpus);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(cpu_dev, "%s: failed to add OPP table: %d\n", __func__, ret);