diff --git a/drivers/base/power/domain.c b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
index b1fcbf917974..4925af5c4cf0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/domain.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
@@ -2171,6 +2171,15 @@ struct generic_pm_domain *of_genpd_remove_last(struct device_node *np)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_genpd_remove_last);
 
+static void genpd_release_dev(struct device *dev)
+{
+	kfree(dev);
+}
+
+static struct bus_type genpd_bus_type = {
+	.name		= "genpd",
+};
+
 /**
  * genpd_dev_pm_detach - Detach a device from its PM domain.
  * @dev: Device to detach.
@@ -2208,6 +2217,10 @@ static void genpd_dev_pm_detach(struct device *dev, bool power_off)
 
 	/* Check if PM domain can be powered off after removing this device. */
 	genpd_queue_power_off_work(pd);
+
+	/* Unregister the device if it was created by genpd. */
+	if (dev->bus == &genpd_bus_type)
+		device_unregister(dev);
 }
 
 static void genpd_dev_pm_sync(struct device *dev)
@@ -2298,6 +2311,67 @@ int genpd_dev_pm_attach(struct device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(genpd_dev_pm_attach);
 
+/**
+ * genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id - Associate a device with one of its PM domains.
+ * @dev: The device used to lookup the PM domain.
+ * @index: The index of the PM domain.
+ *
+ * Parse device's OF node to find a PM domain specifier at the provided @index.
+ * If such is found, creates a virtual device and attaches it to the retrieved
+ * pm_domain ops. To deal with detaching of the virtual device, the ->detach()
+ * callback in the struct dev_pm_domain are assigned to genpd_dev_pm_detach().
+ *
+ * Returns the created virtual device if successfully attached PM domain, NULL
+ * when the device don't need a PM domain, else an ERR_PTR() in case of
+ * failures. If a power-domain exists for the device, but cannot be found or
+ * turned on, then ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER) is returned to ensure that the device
+ * is not probed and to re-try again later.
+ */
+struct device *genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id(struct device *dev,
+					 unsigned int index)
+{
+	struct device *genpd_dev;
+	int num_domains;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!dev->of_node)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Deal only with devices using multiple PM domains. */
+	num_domains = of_count_phandle_with_args(dev->of_node, "power-domains",
+						 "#power-domain-cells");
+	if (num_domains < 2 || index >= num_domains)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Allocate and register device on the genpd bus. */
+	genpd_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*genpd_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!genpd_dev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	dev_set_name(genpd_dev, "genpd:%u:%s", index, dev_name(dev));
+	genpd_dev->bus = &genpd_bus_type;
+	genpd_dev->release = genpd_release_dev;
+
+	ret = device_register(genpd_dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(genpd_dev);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	/* Try to attach the device to the PM domain at the specified index. */
+	ret = __genpd_dev_pm_attach(genpd_dev, dev->of_node, index);
+	if (ret < 1) {
+		device_unregister(genpd_dev);
+		return ret ? ERR_PTR(ret) : NULL;
+	}
+
+	pm_runtime_set_active(genpd_dev);
+	pm_runtime_enable(genpd_dev);
+
+	return genpd_dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id);
+
 static const struct of_device_id idle_state_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "domain-idle-state", },
 	{ }
@@ -2457,6 +2531,12 @@ unsigned int of_genpd_opp_to_performance_state(struct device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_genpd_opp_to_performance_state);
 
+static int __init genpd_bus_init(void)
+{
+	return bus_register(&genpd_bus_type);
+}
+core_initcall(genpd_bus_init);
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS_OF */
 
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_domain.h b/include/linux/pm_domain.h
index 42e0d649e653..82458e8e2e01 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm_domain.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm_domain.h
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ unsigned int of_genpd_opp_to_performance_state(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_node *opp_node);
 
 int genpd_dev_pm_attach(struct device *dev);
+struct device *genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id(struct device *dev,
+					 unsigned int index);
 #else /* !CONFIG_PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS_OF */
 static inline int of_genpd_add_provider_simple(struct device_node *np,
 					struct generic_pm_domain *genpd)
@@ -282,6 +284,12 @@ static inline int genpd_dev_pm_attach(struct device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline struct device *genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id(struct device *dev,
+						       unsigned int index)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline
 struct generic_pm_domain *of_genpd_remove_last(struct device_node *np)
 {