diff --git a/drivers/staging/board/board.c b/drivers/staging/board/board.c
index 86dc41101610..1e2b33912a8a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/board/board.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/board/board.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ int __init board_staging_register_clock(const struct board_staging_clk *bsc)
 static int board_staging_add_dev_domain(struct platform_device *pdev,
 					const char *domain)
 {
+	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct of_phandle_args pd_args;
 	struct device_node *np;
 
@@ -151,7 +152,11 @@ static int board_staging_add_dev_domain(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	pd_args.np = np;
 	pd_args.args_count = 0;
 
-	return of_genpd_add_device(&pd_args, &pdev->dev);
+	/* Initialization similar to device_pm_init_common() */
+	spin_lock_init(&dev->power.lock);
+	dev->power.early_init = true;
+
+	return of_genpd_add_device(&pd_args, dev);
 }
 #else
 static inline int board_staging_add_dev_domain(struct platform_device *pdev,