diff --git a/drivers/base/power/opp/cpu.c b/drivers/base/power/opp/cpu.c
index 83d6e7ba1a34..8c3434bdb26d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/opp/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/opp/cpu.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ int dev_pm_opp_set_sharing_cpus(struct device *cpu_dev,
 		}
 
 		/* Mark opp-table as multiple CPUs are sharing it now */
-		opp_table->shared_opp = true;
+		opp_table->shared_opp = OPP_TABLE_ACCESS_SHARED;
 	}
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&opp_table_lock);
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_opp_set_sharing_cpus);
  *
  * This updates the @cpumask with CPUs that are sharing OPPs with @cpu_dev.
  *
- * Returns -ENODEV if OPP table isn't already present.
+ * Returns -ENODEV if OPP table isn't already present and -EINVAL if the OPP
+ * table's status is access-unknown.
  *
  * Locking: The internal opp_table and opp structures are RCU protected.
  * Hence this function internally uses RCU updater strategy with mutex locks
@@ -249,9 +250,14 @@ int dev_pm_opp_get_sharing_cpus(struct device *cpu_dev, struct cpumask *cpumask)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	if (opp_table->shared_opp == OPP_TABLE_ACCESS_UNKNOWN) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
 	cpumask_clear(cpumask);
 
-	if (opp_table->shared_opp) {
+	if (opp_table->shared_opp == OPP_TABLE_ACCESS_SHARED) {
 		list_for_each_entry(opp_dev, &opp_table->dev_list, node)
 			cpumask_set_cpu(opp_dev->dev->id, cpumask);
 	} else {
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/opp/of.c b/drivers/base/power/opp/of.c
index 94d2010558e3..1dfd3dd92624 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/opp/of.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/opp/of.c
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ static struct opp_table *_managed_opp(const struct device_node *np)
 			 * But the OPPs will be considered as shared only if the
 			 * OPP table contains a "opp-shared" property.
 			 */
-			return opp_table->shared_opp ? opp_table : NULL;
+			if (opp_table->shared_opp == OPP_TABLE_ACCESS_SHARED)
+				return opp_table;
+
+			return NULL;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -353,7 +356,10 @@ static int _of_add_opp_table_v2(struct device *dev, struct device_node *opp_np)
 	}
 
 	opp_table->np = opp_np;
-	opp_table->shared_opp = of_property_read_bool(opp_np, "opp-shared");
+	if (of_property_read_bool(opp_np, "opp-shared"))
+		opp_table->shared_opp = OPP_TABLE_ACCESS_SHARED;
+	else
+		opp_table->shared_opp = OPP_TABLE_ACCESS_EXCLUSIVE;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&opp_table_lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/opp/opp.h b/drivers/base/power/opp/opp.h
index 20f3be22e060..fabd5ca1a083 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/opp/opp.h
+++ b/drivers/base/power/opp/opp.h
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ struct opp_device {
 #endif
 };
 
+enum opp_table_access {
+	OPP_TABLE_ACCESS_UNKNOWN = 0,
+	OPP_TABLE_ACCESS_EXCLUSIVE = 1,
+	OPP_TABLE_ACCESS_SHARED = 2,
+};
+
 /**
  * struct opp_table - Device opp structure
  * @node:	table node - contains the devices with OPPs that
@@ -166,7 +172,7 @@ struct opp_table {
 	/* For backward compatibility with v1 bindings */
 	unsigned int voltage_tolerance_v1;
 
-	bool shared_opp;
+	enum opp_table_access shared_opp;
 	struct dev_pm_opp *suspend_opp;
 
 	unsigned int *supported_hw;