diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss.c
index 1118c40886d5..a157cac72e0a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/camss/camss.c
@@ -1465,6 +1465,14 @@ static int camss_configure_pd(struct camss *camss)
 		return camss->genpd_num;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If a platform device has just one power domain, then it is attached
+	 * at platform_probe() level, thus there shall be no need and even no
+	 * option to attach it again, this is the case for CAMSS on MSM8916.
+	 */
+	if (camss->genpd_num == 1)
+		return 0;
+
 	camss->genpd = devm_kmalloc_array(dev, camss->genpd_num,
 					  sizeof(*camss->genpd), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!camss->genpd)
@@ -1698,6 +1706,9 @@ void camss_delete(struct camss *camss)
 
 	pm_runtime_disable(camss->dev);
 
+	if (camss->genpd_num == 1)
+		return;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < camss->genpd_num; i++) {
 		device_link_del(camss->genpd_link[i]);
 		dev_pm_domain_detach(camss->genpd[i], true);