diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
index 7d72268e546d..f57c4023231e 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ unsigned long long bic_enabled = (0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL & ~BIC_DISABLED_BY_DEFAU
 unsigned long long bic_present = BIC_USEC | BIC_TOD | BIC_sysfs | BIC_APIC | BIC_X2APIC;
 
 #define DO_BIC(COUNTER_NAME) (bic_enabled & bic_present & COUNTER_NAME)
+#define DO_BIC_READ(COUNTER_NAME) (bic_present & COUNTER_NAME)
 #define ENABLE_BIC(COUNTER_NAME) (bic_enabled |= COUNTER_NAME)
 #define BIC_PRESENT(COUNTER_BIT) (bic_present |= COUNTER_BIT)
 #define BIC_NOT_PRESENT(COUNTER_BIT) (bic_present &= ~COUNTER_BIT)
@@ -1287,6 +1288,14 @@ delta_core(struct core_data *new, struct core_data *old)
 	}
 }
 
+int soft_c1_residency_display(int bic)
+{
+	if (!DO_BIC(BIC_CPU_c1) || use_c1_residency_msr)
+		return 0;
+
+	return DO_BIC_READ(bic);
+}
+
 /*
  * old = new - old
  */
@@ -1323,7 +1332,8 @@ delta_thread(struct thread_data *new, struct thread_data *old,
 
 	old->c1 = new->c1 - old->c1;
 
-	if (DO_BIC(BIC_Avg_MHz) || DO_BIC(BIC_Busy) || DO_BIC(BIC_Bzy_MHz)) {
+	if (DO_BIC(BIC_Avg_MHz) || DO_BIC(BIC_Busy) || DO_BIC(BIC_Bzy_MHz) ||
+	    soft_c1_residency_display(BIC_Avg_MHz)) {
 		if ((new->aperf > old->aperf) && (new->mperf > old->mperf)) {
 			old->aperf = new->aperf - old->aperf;
 			old->mperf = new->mperf - old->mperf;
@@ -1780,7 +1790,8 @@ int get_counters(struct thread_data *t, struct core_data *c, struct pkg_data *p)
 retry:
 	t->tsc = rdtsc();	/* we are running on local CPU of interest */
 
-	if (DO_BIC(BIC_Avg_MHz) || DO_BIC(BIC_Busy) || DO_BIC(BIC_Bzy_MHz)) {
+	if (DO_BIC(BIC_Avg_MHz) || DO_BIC(BIC_Busy) || DO_BIC(BIC_Bzy_MHz) ||
+	    soft_c1_residency_display(BIC_Avg_MHz)) {
 		unsigned long long tsc_before, tsc_between, tsc_after, aperf_time, mperf_time;
 
 		/*
@@ -1857,20 +1868,20 @@ retry:
 	if (!(t->flags & CPU_IS_FIRST_THREAD_IN_CORE))
 		goto done;
 
-	if (DO_BIC(BIC_CPU_c3)) {
+	if (DO_BIC(BIC_CPU_c3) || soft_c1_residency_display(BIC_CPU_c3)) {
 		if (get_msr(cpu, MSR_CORE_C3_RESIDENCY, &c->c3))
 			return -6;
 	}
 
-	if (DO_BIC(BIC_CPU_c6) && !do_knl_cstates) {
+	if ((DO_BIC(BIC_CPU_c6) || soft_c1_residency_display(BIC_CPU_c6)) && !do_knl_cstates) {
 		if (get_msr(cpu, MSR_CORE_C6_RESIDENCY, &c->c6))
 			return -7;
-	} else if (do_knl_cstates) {
+	} else if (do_knl_cstates || soft_c1_residency_display(BIC_CPU_c6)) {
 		if (get_msr(cpu, MSR_KNL_CORE_C6_RESIDENCY, &c->c6))
 			return -7;
 	}
 
-	if (DO_BIC(BIC_CPU_c7))
+	if (DO_BIC(BIC_CPU_c7) || soft_c1_residency_display(BIC_CPU_c7))
 		if (get_msr(cpu, MSR_CORE_C7_RESIDENCY, &c->c7))
 			return -8;