diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.c
index 86babd740d410d42cbe3cf6502cdcaa971313558..e233dfcbc18670ff6f0e507df07b6f9c09289534 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.c
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ static int _pwrdm_register(struct powerdomain *pwrdm)
 	if (_pwrdm_lookup(pwrdm->name))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
+	if (arch_pwrdm && arch_pwrdm->pwrdm_has_voltdm)
+		if (!arch_pwrdm->pwrdm_has_voltdm())
+			goto skip_voltdm;
+
 	voltdm = voltdm_lookup(pwrdm->voltdm.name);
 	if (!voltdm) {
 		pr_err("powerdomain: %s: voltagedomain %s does not exist\n",
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ static int _pwrdm_register(struct powerdomain *pwrdm)
 	pwrdm->voltdm.ptr = voltdm;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pwrdm->voltdm_node);
 	voltdm_add_pwrdm(voltdm, pwrdm);
+skip_voltdm:
 	spin_lock_init(&pwrdm->_lock);
 
 	list_add(&pwrdm->node, &pwrdm_list);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.h
index 140c36074fedc880d1ceac9dc79811423e1547b6..9701ad5778b9b20e26af797406ca587c46b96d2b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ struct powerdomain {
  * @pwrdm_disable_hdwr_sar: Disable Hardware Save-Restore feature for a pd
  * @pwrdm_set_lowpwrstchange: Enable pd transitions from a shallow to deep sleep
  * @pwrdm_wait_transition: Wait for a pd state transition to complete
+ * @pwrdm_has_voltdm: Check if a voltdm association is needed
  *
  * Regarding @pwrdm_set_lowpwrstchange: On the OMAP2 and 3-family
  * chips, a powerdomain's power state is not allowed to directly
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ struct pwrdm_ops {
 	int	(*pwrdm_disable_hdwr_sar)(struct powerdomain *pwrdm);
 	int	(*pwrdm_set_lowpwrstchange)(struct powerdomain *pwrdm);
 	int	(*pwrdm_wait_transition)(struct powerdomain *pwrdm);
+	int	(*pwrdm_has_voltdm)(void);
 };
 
 int pwrdm_register_platform_funcs(struct pwrdm_ops *custom_funcs);