INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rdev->pm.dynpm_idle_work, radeon_dynpm_idle_work_handler);
 
        if (rdev->pm.num_power_states > 1) {
-               /* where's the best place to put these? */
-               ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_profile);
-               if (ret)
-                       DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for power profile\n");
-               ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_method);
-               if (ret)
-                       DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for power method\n");
-
                if (radeon_debugfs_pm_init(rdev)) {
                        DRM_ERROR("Failed to register debugfs file for PM!\n");
                }
                goto dpm_failed;
        rdev->pm.dpm_enabled = true;
 
-       ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_dpm_state);
-       if (ret)
-               DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for dpm state\n");
-       ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_dpm_force_performance_level);
-       if (ret)
-               DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for dpm state\n");
-       /* XXX: these are noops for dpm but are here for backwards compat */
-       ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_profile);
-       if (ret)
-               DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for power profile\n");
-       ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_method);
-       if (ret)
-               DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for power method\n");
-
        if (radeon_debugfs_pm_init(rdev)) {
                DRM_ERROR("Failed to register debugfs file for dpm!\n");
        }
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (rdev->pm.pm_method == PM_METHOD_DPM) {
-               mutex_lock(&rdev->pm.mutex);
-               ret = radeon_dpm_late_enable(rdev);
-               mutex_unlock(&rdev->pm.mutex);
+               if (rdev->pm.dpm_enabled) {
+                       ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_dpm_state);
+                       if (ret)
+                               DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for dpm state\n");
+                       ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_dpm_force_performance_level);
+                       if (ret)
+                               DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for dpm state\n");
+                       /* XXX: these are noops for dpm but are here for backwards compat */
+                       ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_profile);
+                       if (ret)
+                               DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for power profile\n");
+                       ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_method);
+                       if (ret)
+                               DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for power method\n");
+
+                       mutex_lock(&rdev->pm.mutex);
+                       ret = radeon_dpm_late_enable(rdev);
+                       mutex_unlock(&rdev->pm.mutex);
+                       if (ret) {
+                               rdev->pm.dpm_enabled = false;
+                               DRM_ERROR("radeon_pm_late_init failed, disabling dpm\n");
+                       } else {
+                               /* set the dpm state for PX since there won't be
+                                * a modeset to call this.
+                                */
+                               radeon_pm_compute_clocks(rdev);
+                       }
+               }
+       } else {
+               if (rdev->pm.num_power_states > 1) {
+                       /* where's the best place to put these? */
+                       ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_profile);
+                       if (ret)
+                               DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for power profile\n");
+                       ret = device_create_file(rdev->dev, &dev_attr_power_method);
+                       if (ret)
+                               DRM_ERROR("failed to create device file for power method\n");
+               }
        }
        return ret;
 }