A system comprising: a memory controller ; a memory coupled to the memory controller ; and a power management subsystem that manages a state of the memory controller , the power management subsystem comprising a scheduler apparatus that includes: a state interface to determine that the memory controller is in one of a reduced power state or an increased performance state , a missed action detector to determine that a periodic action has been scheduled to occur in the memory controller while the memory controller is in one of the reduced power state or the increased performance state, wherein the periodic action is prevented from occurring while the memory controller is in one of the reduced power state or the increased performance state, and wherein the periodic action is one of a memory scrubbing operation, a calibration, or a compensation value re-evaluation, a missed action tracker to document the periodic action as a missed event with respect to the memory controller , a missed event counter, wherein the missed action tracker is to increment the missed event counter to document the periodic action, and a flop component to remove the memory controller from the reduced power state or the increased performance state in response to a value of the missed event counter reaching a threshold. a memory controller ; a memory coupled to the memory controller ; and a power management subsystem that manages a state of the memory controller , the power management subsystem comprising a scheduler apparatus that includes: a state interface to determine that the memory controller is in one of a reduced power state or an increased performance state , a missed action detector to determine that a periodic action has been scheduled to occur in the memory controller while the memory controller is in one of the reduced power state or the increased performance state, wherein the periodic action is prevented from occurring while the memory controller is in one of the reduced power state or the increased performance state, and wherein the periodic action is one of a memory scrubbing operation, a calibration, or a compensation value re-evaluation, a missed action tracker to document the periodic action as a missed event with respect to the memory controller , a missed event counter, wherein the missed action tracker is to increment the missed event counter to document the periodic action, and a flop component to remove the memory controller from the reduced power state or the increased performance state in response to a value of the missed event counter reaching a threshold. a state interface to determine that the memory controller is in one of a reduced power state or an increased performance state , a missed action detector to determine that a periodic action has been scheduled to occur in the memory controller while the memory controller is in one of the reduced power state or the increased performance state, wherein the periodic action is prevented from occurring while the memory controller is in one of the reduced power state or the increased performance state, and wherein the periodic action is one of a memory scrubbing operation, a calibration, or a compensation value re-evaluation, a missed action tracker to document the periodic action as a missed event with respect to the memory controller , a missed event counter, wherein the missed action tracker is to increment the missed event counter to document the periodic action, and a flop component to remove the memory controller from the reduced power state or the increased performance state in response to a value of the missed event counter reaching a threshold. <EOS>