* @genpd: PM domain object to initialize.
  * @gov: PM domain governor to associate with the domain (may be NULL).
  * @is_off: Initial value of the domain's power_is_off field.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on successful initialization, else a negative error code.
  */
-void pm_genpd_init(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
-                  struct dev_power_governor *gov, bool is_off)
+int pm_genpd_init(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
+                 struct dev_power_governor *gov, bool is_off)
 {
        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(genpd))
-               return;
+               return -EINVAL;
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&genpd->master_links);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&genpd->slave_links);
        mutex_lock(&gpd_list_lock);
        list_add(&genpd->gpd_list_node, &gpd_list);
        mutex_unlock(&gpd_list_lock);
+
+       return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_genpd_init);
 
 
                                  struct generic_pm_domain *new_subdomain);
 extern int pm_genpd_remove_subdomain(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
                                     struct generic_pm_domain *target);
-extern void pm_genpd_init(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
-                         struct dev_power_governor *gov, bool is_off);
+extern int pm_genpd_init(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
+                        struct dev_power_governor *gov, bool is_off);
 
 extern struct dev_power_governor simple_qos_governor;
 extern struct dev_power_governor pm_domain_always_on_gov;
 {
        return -ENOSYS;
 }
-static inline void pm_genpd_init(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
-                                struct dev_power_governor *gov, bool is_off)
+static inline int pm_genpd_init(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
+                               struct dev_power_governor *gov, bool is_off)
 {
+       return -ENOSYS;
 }
 #endif