diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
index 57d9794dac9473485ce1ddd886aec0be703c42a9..1965dc78068897fd0c34e861f8dce94d8deb5334 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_chip_alloc(struct device *dev,
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (!dev)
+		chip->flags |= TPM_CHIP_FLAG_VIRTUAL;
+
 	cdev_init(&chip->cdev, &tpm_fops);
 	chip->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	chip->cdev.kobj.parent = &chip->dev.kobj;
@@ -298,7 +301,7 @@ static void tpm_del_legacy_sysfs(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 {
 	struct attribute **i;
 
-	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2)
+	if (chip->flags & (TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2 | TPM_CHIP_FLAG_VIRTUAL))
 		return;
 
 	sysfs_remove_link(&chip->dev.parent->kobj, "ppi");
@@ -316,7 +319,7 @@ static int tpm_add_legacy_sysfs(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 	struct attribute **i;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2)
+	if (chip->flags & (TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2 | TPM_CHIP_FLAG_VIRTUAL))
 		return 0;
 
 	rc = __compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj(
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
index 508e8e00c9c17608f437ca671063e73aafd7955f..ff4e53cde70ed4895461c3f0de693c4fd1c45839 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ enum tpm_chip_flags {
 	TPM_CHIP_FLAG_REGISTERED	= BIT(0),
 	TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2		= BIT(1),
 	TPM_CHIP_FLAG_IRQ		= BIT(2),
+	TPM_CHIP_FLAG_VIRTUAL		= BIT(3),
 };
 
 struct tpm_chip {