diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_gen1.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_gen1.c
index df8e6bf9430e..aa71f7f53ee3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_gen1.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_platform_gen1.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static const struct bw_info sm8250_bw_table_dec[] = {
 
 static const char * const sm8250_pmdomain_table[] = { "venus", "vcodec0" };
 
-static const char * const sm8250_opp_pd_table[] = { "mx" };
+static const char * const sm8250_opp_pd_table[] = { "mx", "mmcx" };
 
 static const struct platform_clk_data sm8250_clk_table[] = {
 	{IRIS_AXI_CLK,  "iface"        },
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_probe.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_probe.c
index 492f85f518eb..511c8b56cf5d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_probe.c
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ static int iris_init_power_domains(struct iris_core *core)
 		return ret;
 
 	ret =  devm_pm_domain_attach_list(core->dev, &iris_opp_pd_data, &core->opp_pmdomain_tbl);
+	/* backwards compatibility for incomplete ABI SM8250 */
+	if (ret == -ENODEV &&
+	    of_device_is_compatible(core->dev->of_node, "qcom,sm8250-venus")) {
+		iris_opp_pd_data.num_pd_names--;
+		ret = devm_pm_domain_attach_list(core->dev, &iris_opp_pd_data,
+						 &core->opp_pmdomain_tbl);
+	}
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;