diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
index 53f0735..e0a398c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@
 odbfd_exit1:
 	kfree(hwmods);
 odbfd_exit:
+	/* if data/we are at fault.. load up a fail handler */
+	if (ret)
+		pdev->dev.pm_domain = &omap_device_fail_pm_domain;
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -604,6 +608,19 @@
 
 	return pm_generic_runtime_resume(dev);
 }
+
+static int _od_fail_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
+{
+	dev_warn(dev, "%s: FIXME: missing hwmod/omap_dev info\n", __func__);
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
+static int _od_fail_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
+{
+	dev_warn(dev, "%s: FIXME: missing hwmod/omap_dev info\n", __func__);
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SUSPEND
@@ -657,6 +674,13 @@
 #define _od_resume_noirq NULL
 #endif
 
+struct dev_pm_domain omap_device_fail_pm_domain = {
+	.ops = {
+		SET_RUNTIME_PM_OPS(_od_fail_runtime_suspend,
+				   _od_fail_runtime_resume, NULL)
+	}
+};
+
 struct dev_pm_domain omap_device_pm_domain = {
 	.ops = {
 		SET_RUNTIME_PM_OPS(_od_runtime_suspend, _od_runtime_resume,