diff --git a/drivers/pmdomain/imx/imx8m-blk-ctrl.c b/drivers/pmdomain/imx/imx8m-blk-ctrl.c
index 19e992d2ee3b..e13a47eeed75 100644
--- a/drivers/pmdomain/imx/imx8m-blk-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/pmdomain/imx/imx8m-blk-ctrl.c
@@ -514,9 +514,34 @@ static const struct imx8m_blk_ctrl_domain_data imx8mp_vpu_blk_ctl_domain_data[]
 	},
 };
 
+static int imx8mp_vpu_power_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
+				     unsigned long action, void *data)
+{
+	struct imx8m_blk_ctrl *bc = container_of(nb, struct imx8m_blk_ctrl,
+						 power_nb);
+
+	if (action == GENPD_NOTIFY_ON) {
+		/*
+		 * On power up we have no software backchannel to the GPC to
+		 * wait for the ADB handshake to happen, so we just delay for a
+		 * bit. On power down the GPC driver waits for the handshake.
+		 */
+
+		udelay(5);
+
+		/* set "fuse" bits to enable the VPUs */
+		regmap_set_bits(bc->regmap, 0x8, 0xffffffff);
+		regmap_set_bits(bc->regmap, 0xc, 0xffffffff);
+		regmap_set_bits(bc->regmap, 0x10, 0xffffffff);
+		regmap_set_bits(bc->regmap, 0x14, 0xffffffff);
+	}
+
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
 static const struct imx8m_blk_ctrl_data imx8mp_vpu_blk_ctl_dev_data = {
 	.max_reg = 0x18,
-	.power_notifier_fn = imx8mm_vpu_power_notifier,
+	.power_notifier_fn = imx8mp_vpu_power_notifier,
 	.domains = imx8mp_vpu_blk_ctl_domain_data,
 	.num_domains = ARRAY_SIZE(imx8mp_vpu_blk_ctl_domain_data),
 };