diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile b/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
index 86cb76677bc8..7041a88c34c7 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_BXTWC_PMIC_TMU)	+= intel_bxtwc_tmu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_TELEMETRY)	+= intel_telemetry_core.o \
 				   intel_telemetry_pltdrv.o \
 				   intel_telemetry_debugfs.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_PMC_CORE)    += intel_pmc_core.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_PMC_CORE)    += intel_pmc_core.o intel_pmc_core_plat_drv.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PMC_ATOM)		+= pmc_atom.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MLX_PLATFORM)	+= mlx-platform.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_TURBO_MAX_3) += intel_turbo_max_3.o
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
index 1d902230ba61..f20d08ad39ea 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core.c
@@ -1023,47 +1023,23 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops pmc_core_pm_ops = {
 	SET_LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(pmc_core_suspend, pmc_core_resume)
 };
 
+static const struct acpi_device_id pmc_core_acpi_ids[] = {
+	{"INT33A1", 0}, /* _HID for Intel Power Engine, _CID PNP0D80*/
+	{ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, pmc_core_acpi_ids);
+
 static struct platform_driver pmc_core_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "intel_pmc_core",
+		.acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(pmc_core_acpi_ids),
 		.pm = &pmc_core_pm_ops,
 	},
 	.probe = pmc_core_probe,
 	.remove = pmc_core_remove,
 };
 
-static struct platform_device pmc_core_device = {
-	.name = "intel_pmc_core",
-};
-
-static int __init pmc_core_init(void)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!x86_match_cpu(intel_pmc_core_ids))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	ret = platform_driver_register(&pmc_core_driver);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = platform_device_register(&pmc_core_device);
-	if (ret) {
-		platform_driver_unregister(&pmc_core_driver);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void __exit pmc_core_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_device_unregister(&pmc_core_device);
-	platform_driver_unregister(&pmc_core_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(pmc_core_init)
-module_exit(pmc_core_exit)
+module_platform_driver(pmc_core_driver);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel PMC Core Driver");
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core_plat_drv.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core_plat_drv.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20be3eaeb722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core_plat_drv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+/*
+ * Intel PMC Core platform init
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Google Inc.
+ * Author - Rajat Jain
+ *
+ * This code instantiates platform devices for intel_pmc_core driver, only
+ * on supported platforms that may not have the ACPI devices in the ACPI tables.
+ * No new platforms should be added here, because we expect that new platforms
+ * should all have the ACPI device, which is the preferred way of enumeration.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+
+#include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
+#include <asm/intel-family.h>
+
+static struct platform_device pmc_core_device = {
+	.name = "intel_pmc_core",
+};
+
+/*
+ * intel_pmc_core_platform_ids is the list of platforms where we want to
+ * instantiate the platform_device if not already instantiated. This is
+ * different than intel_pmc_core_ids in intel_pmc_core.c which is the
+ * list of platforms that the driver supports for pmc_core device. The
+ * other list may grow, but this list should not.
+ */
+static const struct x86_cpu_id intel_pmc_core_platform_ids[] = {
+	INTEL_CPU_FAM6(SKYLAKE_MOBILE, pmc_core_device),
+	INTEL_CPU_FAM6(SKYLAKE_DESKTOP, pmc_core_device),
+	INTEL_CPU_FAM6(KABYLAKE_MOBILE, pmc_core_device),
+	INTEL_CPU_FAM6(KABYLAKE_DESKTOP, pmc_core_device),
+	INTEL_CPU_FAM6(CANNONLAKE_MOBILE, pmc_core_device),
+	INTEL_CPU_FAM6(ICELAKE_MOBILE, pmc_core_device),
+	{}
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, intel_pmc_core_platform_ids);
+
+static int __init pmc_core_platform_init(void)
+{
+	/* Skip creating the platform device if ACPI already has a device */
+	if (acpi_dev_present("INT33A1", NULL, -1))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (!x86_match_cpu(intel_pmc_core_platform_ids))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return platform_device_register(&pmc_core_device);
+}
+
+static void __exit pmc_core_platform_exit(void)
+{
+	platform_device_unregister(&pmc_core_device);
+}
+
+module_init(pmc_core_platform_init);
+module_exit(pmc_core_platform_exit);
