diff --git a/drivers/opp/core.c b/drivers/opp/core.c
index 5f4598246a87..494f8860220d 100644
--- a/drivers/opp/core.c
+++ b/drivers/opp/core.c
@@ -1061,6 +1061,27 @@ static int _set_opp_bw(const struct opp_table *opp_table,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int _set_opp_level(struct device *dev, struct dev_pm_opp *opp)
+{
+	unsigned int level = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (opp) {
+		if (opp->level == OPP_LEVEL_UNSET)
+			return 0;
+
+		level = opp->level;
+	}
+
+	/* Request a new performance state through the device's PM domain. */
+	ret = dev_pm_domain_set_performance_state(dev, level);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed to set performance state %u (%d)\n", level,
+			ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* This is only called for PM domain for now */
 static int _set_required_opps(struct device *dev, struct opp_table *opp_table,
 			      struct dev_pm_opp *opp, bool up)
@@ -1091,7 +1112,7 @@ static int _set_required_opps(struct device *dev, struct opp_table *opp_table,
 		if (devs[index]) {
 			required_opp = opp ? opp->required_opps[index] : NULL;
 
-			ret = dev_pm_opp_set_opp(devs[index], required_opp);
+			ret = _set_opp_level(devs[index], required_opp);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
 		}
@@ -1102,27 +1123,6 @@ static int _set_required_opps(struct device *dev, struct opp_table *opp_table,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int _set_opp_level(struct device *dev, struct dev_pm_opp *opp)
-{
-	unsigned int level = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	if (opp) {
-		if (opp->level == OPP_LEVEL_UNSET)
-			return 0;
-
-		level = opp->level;
-	}
-
-	/* Request a new performance state through the device's PM domain. */
-	ret = dev_pm_domain_set_performance_state(dev, level);
-	if (ret)
-		dev_err(dev, "Failed to set performance state %u (%d)\n", level,
-			ret);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void _find_current_opp(struct device *dev, struct opp_table *opp_table)
 {
 	struct dev_pm_opp *opp = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
@@ -2457,18 +2457,6 @@ static int _opp_attach_genpd(struct opp_table *opp_table, struct device *dev,
 			}
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * Add the virtual genpd device as a user of the OPP table, so
-		 * we can call dev_pm_opp_set_opp() on it directly.
-		 *
-		 * This will be automatically removed when the OPP table is
-		 * removed, don't need to handle that here.
-		 */
-		if (!_add_opp_dev(virt_dev, opp_table->required_opp_tables[index])) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err;
-		}
-
 		opp_table->required_devs[index] = virt_dev;
 		index++;
 		name++;