diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4.dtsi
index d4131e36aefb..b85a39debbea 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4.dtsi
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@
 	 * hierarchy.
 	 */
 	ocp {
-		compatible = "simple-bus";
+		compatible = "ti,omap4-l3-noc", "simple-bus";
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <1>;
 		ranges;
+		ti,hwmods = "l3_main_1", "l3_main_2", "l3_main_3";
 
 		gic: interrupt-controller@48241000 {
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-gic";
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c
index 2d4a1998d5d9..0f8e0eb18166 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
 
 #include <mach/hardware.h>
 #include <mach/irqs.h>
@@ -77,6 +78,10 @@ static int __init omap4_l3_init(void)
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
 	char oh_name[L3_MODULES_MAX_LEN];
 
+	/* If dtb is there, the devices will be created dynamically */
+	if (of_have_populated_dt())
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/*
 	 * To avoid code running on other OMAPs in
 	 * multi-omap builds