diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c
index 33fdc8a4f3f7..c850bdce9f70 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-geni.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,9 @@ static int geni_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "LE-VM usecase\n");
 	}
 
+	if (of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node, "qcom,leica-used-i2c"))
+		gi2c->i2c_rsc.skip_bw_vote = true;
+
 	gi2c->i2c_rsc.wrapper_dev = &wrapper_pdev->dev;
 	gi2c->i2c_rsc.ctrl_dev = gi2c->dev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/msm-geni-se.c b/drivers/platform/msm/msm-geni-se.c
index 66a34dd7816d..80e5a719c97d 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/msm-geni-se.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/msm-geni-se.c
@@ -715,6 +715,9 @@ static int geni_se_rmv_ab_ib(struct geni_se_device *geni_se_dev,
 	if (geni_se_dev->vectors == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (rsc->skip_bw_vote)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (unlikely(list_empty(&rsc->ab_list) || list_empty(&rsc->ib_list)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -862,6 +865,9 @@ static int geni_se_add_ab_ib(struct geni_se_device *geni_se_dev,
 	if (geni_se_dev->vectors == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (rsc->skip_bw_vote)
+		return 0;
+
 	mutex_lock(&geni_se_dev->geni_dev_lock);
 
 	list_add(&rsc->ab_list, &geni_se_dev->ab_list_head);
diff --git a/include/linux/msm-geni-se.h b/include/linux/msm-geni-se.h
index 92f587b7deaa..47872cda8a90 100644
--- a/include/linux/msm-geni-se.h
+++ b/include/linux/msm-geni-se.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ enum se_protocol_types {
  * @geni_gpi_sleep:	Handle to the sleep pinctrl state.
  * @num_clk_levels:	Number of valid clock levels in clk_perf_tbl.
  * @clk_perf_tbl:	Table of clock frequency input to Serial Engine clock.
+ * @skip_bw_vote:	Used for PMIC over i2c use case to skip the BW vote.
  */
 struct se_geni_rsc {
 	struct device *ctrl_dev;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ struct se_geni_rsc {
 	int	clk_freq_out;
 	unsigned int num_clk_levels;
 	unsigned long *clk_perf_tbl;
+	bool skip_bw_vote;
 };
 
 #define PINCTRL_DEFAULT	"default"