diff --git a/drivers/powercap/dtpm.c b/drivers/powercap/dtpm.c
index d9aac107c927..b389bc397cdf 100644
--- a/drivers/powercap/dtpm.c
+++ b/drivers/powercap/dtpm.c
@@ -473,24 +473,18 @@ static struct powercap_zone_ops zone_ops = {
 };
 
 /**
- * dtpm_alloc - Allocate and initialize a dtpm struct
- * @name: a string specifying the name of the node
- *
- * Return: a struct dtpm pointer, NULL in case of error
+ * dtpm_init - Allocate and initialize a dtpm struct
+ * @dtpm: The dtpm struct pointer to be initialized
+ * @ops: The dtpm device specific ops, NULL for a virtual node
  */
-struct dtpm *dtpm_alloc(struct dtpm_ops *ops)
+void dtpm_init(struct dtpm *dtpm, struct dtpm_ops *ops)
 {
-	struct dtpm *dtpm;
-
-	dtpm = kzalloc(sizeof(*dtpm), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (dtpm) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dtpm->children);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dtpm->sibling);
 		dtpm->weight = 1024;
 		dtpm->ops = ops;
 	}
-
-	return dtpm;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -581,7 +575,7 @@ int dtpm_register(const char *name, struct dtpm *dtpm, struct dtpm *parent)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init dtpm_init(void)
+static int __init init_dtpm(void)
 {
 	struct dtpm_descr *dtpm_descr;
 
@@ -596,4 +590,4 @@ static int __init dtpm_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-late_initcall(dtpm_init);
+late_initcall(init_dtpm);
diff --git a/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c b/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c
index 74b39a1082e5..f4092d1b01d7 100644
--- a/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c
@@ -25,16 +25,22 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/units.h>
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct dtpm *, dtpm_per_cpu);
-
 struct dtpm_cpu {
+	struct dtpm dtpm;
 	struct freq_qos_request qos_req;
 	int cpu;
 };
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct dtpm_cpu *, dtpm_per_cpu);
+
+static struct dtpm_cpu *to_dtpm_cpu(struct dtpm *dtpm)
+{
+	return container_of(dtpm, struct dtpm_cpu, dtpm);
+}
+
 static u64 set_pd_power_limit(struct dtpm *dtpm, u64 power_limit)
 {
-	struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu = dtpm->private;
+	struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu = to_dtpm_cpu(dtpm);
 	struct em_perf_domain *pd = em_cpu_get(dtpm_cpu->cpu);
 	struct cpumask cpus;
 	unsigned long freq;
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ static u64 set_pd_power_limit(struct dtpm *dtpm, u64 power_limit)
 
 static u64 get_pd_power_uw(struct dtpm *dtpm)
 {
-	struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu = dtpm->private;
+	struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu = to_dtpm_cpu(dtpm);
 	struct em_perf_domain *pd;
 	struct cpumask cpus;
 	unsigned long freq;
@@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ static u64 get_pd_power_uw(struct dtpm *dtpm)
 
 static int update_pd_power_uw(struct dtpm *dtpm)
 {
-	struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu = dtpm->private;
+	struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu = to_dtpm_cpu(dtpm);
 	struct em_perf_domain *em = em_cpu_get(dtpm_cpu->cpu);
 	struct cpumask cpus;
 	int nr_cpus;
@@ -111,7 +117,7 @@ static int update_pd_power_uw(struct dtpm *dtpm)
 
 static void pd_release(struct dtpm *dtpm)
 {
-	struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu = dtpm->private;
+	struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu = to_dtpm_cpu(dtpm);
 
 	if (freq_qos_request_active(&dtpm_cpu->qos_req))
 		freq_qos_remove_request(&dtpm_cpu->qos_req);
@@ -129,20 +135,19 @@ static struct dtpm_ops dtpm_ops = {
 static int cpuhp_dtpm_cpu_offline(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct em_perf_domain *pd;
-	struct dtpm *dtpm;
+	struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu;
 
 	pd = em_cpu_get(cpu);
 	if (!pd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	dtpm = per_cpu(dtpm_per_cpu, cpu);
+	dtpm_cpu = per_cpu(dtpm_per_cpu, cpu);
 
-	return dtpm_update_power(dtpm);
+	return dtpm_update_power(&dtpm_cpu->dtpm);
 }
 
 static int cpuhp_dtpm_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	struct dtpm *dtpm;
 	struct dtpm_cpu *dtpm_cpu;
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 	struct em_perf_domain *pd;
@@ -157,27 +162,23 @@ static int cpuhp_dtpm_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (!pd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	dtpm = per_cpu(dtpm_per_cpu, cpu);
-	if (dtpm)
-		return dtpm_update_power(dtpm);
-
-	dtpm = dtpm_alloc(&dtpm_ops);
-	if (!dtpm)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	dtpm_cpu = per_cpu(dtpm_per_cpu, cpu);
+	if (dtpm_cpu)
+		return dtpm_update_power(&dtpm_cpu->dtpm);
 
 	dtpm_cpu = kzalloc(sizeof(*dtpm_cpu), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dtpm_cpu)
-		goto out_kfree_dtpm;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	dtpm->private = dtpm_cpu;
+	dtpm_init(&dtpm_cpu->dtpm, &dtpm_ops);
 	dtpm_cpu->cpu = cpu;
 
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, policy->related_cpus)
-		per_cpu(dtpm_per_cpu, cpu) = dtpm;
+		per_cpu(dtpm_per_cpu, cpu) = dtpm_cpu;
 
 	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "cpu%d-cpufreq", dtpm_cpu->cpu);
 
-	ret = dtpm_add(name, dtpm);
+	ret = dtpm_add(name, &dtpm_cpu->dtpm);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_kfree_dtpm_cpu;
 
@@ -192,15 +193,12 @@ static int cpuhp_dtpm_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 out_dtpm_del:
 	dtpm_del(name);
 	dtpm_cpu = NULL;
-	dtpm = NULL;
 
 out_kfree_dtpm_cpu:
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, policy->related_cpus)
 		per_cpu(dtpm_per_cpu, cpu) = NULL;
 	kfree(dtpm_cpu);
 
-out_kfree_dtpm:
-	kfree(dtpm);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dtpm.h b/include/linux/dtpm.h
index 2ec2821111d1..e47bd5bbf56e 100644
--- a/include/linux/dtpm.h
+++ b/include/linux/dtpm.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ struct dtpm {
 	u64 power_max;
 	u64 power_min;
 	int weight;
-	void *private;
 };
 
 struct dtpm_ops {
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ int dtpm_update_power(struct dtpm *dtpm);
 
 int dtpm_release_zone(struct powercap_zone *pcz);
 
-struct dtpm *dtpm_alloc(struct dtpm_ops *ops);
+void dtpm_init(struct dtpm *dtpm, struct dtpm_ops *ops);
 
 void dtpm_unregister(struct dtpm *dtpm);
 
