diff --git a/include/zephyr/pm/state.h b/include/zephyr/pm/state.h
index 6590b90c385..a0607997137 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/pm/state.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/pm/state.h
@@ -370,6 +370,16 @@ struct pm_state_constraint {
  */
 uint8_t pm_state_cpu_get_all(uint8_t cpu, const struct pm_state_info **states);
 
+/**
+ * Get power state structure.
+ *
+ * @param cpu CPU index.
+ * @param state Power state.
+ * @param substate_id Substate.
+ *
+ * @return Pointer to the power state structure or NULL if state is not found.
+ */
+const struct pm_state_info *pm_state_get(uint8_t cpu, enum pm_state state, uint8_t substate_id);
 /**
  * @}
  */
@@ -384,6 +394,17 @@ static inline uint8_t pm_state_cpu_get_all(uint8_t cpu, const struct pm_state_in
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline const struct pm_state_info *pm_state_get(uint8_t cpu,
+						       enum pm_state state,
+						       uint8_t substate_id)
+{
+	ARG_UNUSED(cpu);
+	ARG_UNUSED(state);
+	ARG_UNUSED(substate_id);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/subsys/pm/pm.c b/subsys/pm/pm.c
index cc2eeb39b93..1baad192fbf 100644
--- a/subsys/pm/pm.c
+++ b/subsys/pm/pm.c
@@ -31,19 +31,10 @@ static sys_slist_t pm_notifiers = SYS_SLIST_STATIC_INIT(&pm_notifiers);
 	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PM_PREWAKEUP_CONV_MODE_NEAR) ? k_us_to_ticks_near32(us) : \
 	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PM_PREWAKEUP_CONV_MODE_CEIL) ? k_us_to_ticks_ceil32(us) : \
 		k_us_to_ticks_floor32(us)
-/*
- * Properly initialize cpu power states. Do not make assumptions that
- * ACTIVE_STATE is 0
- */
-#define CPU_PM_STATE_INIT(_, __)		\
-	{ .state = PM_STATE_ACTIVE }
-static struct pm_state_info z_cpus_pm_state[] = {
-	LISTIFY(CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS, CPU_PM_STATE_INIT, (,))
-};
 
-static struct pm_state_info z_cpus_pm_forced_state[] = {
-	LISTIFY(CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS, CPU_PM_STATE_INIT, (,))
-};
+/* State pointers which are set to NULL indicate ACTIVE state. */
+static const struct pm_state_info *z_cpus_pm_state[CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS];
+static const struct pm_state_info *z_cpus_pm_forced_state[CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS];
 
 static struct k_spinlock pm_forced_state_lock;
 static struct k_spinlock pm_notifier_lock;
@@ -67,7 +58,7 @@ static inline void pm_state_notify(bool entering_state)
 		}
 
 		if (callback) {
-			callback(z_cpus_pm_state[CPU_ID].state);
+			callback(z_cpus_pm_state[CPU_ID]->state);
 		}
 	}
 	k_spin_unlock(&pm_notifier_lock, pm_notifier_key);
@@ -115,19 +106,19 @@ void pm_system_resume(void)
 	if (atomic_test_and_clear_bit(z_post_ops_required, id)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_DEVICE_SYSTEM_MANAGED
 		if (atomic_add(&_cpus_active, 1) == 0) {
-			if ((z_cpus_pm_state[id].state != PM_STATE_RUNTIME_IDLE) &&
-					!z_cpus_pm_state[id].pm_device_disabled) {
+			if ((z_cpus_pm_state[id]->state != PM_STATE_RUNTIME_IDLE) &&
+					!z_cpus_pm_state[id]->pm_device_disabled) {
 				pm_resume_devices();
 			}
 		}
 #endif
-		pm_state_exit_post_ops(z_cpus_pm_state[id].state, z_cpus_pm_state[id].substate_id);
+		pm_state_exit_post_ops(z_cpus_pm_state[id]->state,
+				       z_cpus_pm_state[id]->substate_id);
 		pm_state_notify(false);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_EXISTS
 		sys_clock_idle_exit();
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_EXISTS */
-		z_cpus_pm_state[id] = (struct pm_state_info){PM_STATE_ACTIVE, 0, false,
-			0, 0};
+		z_cpus_pm_state[id] = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -138,8 +129,10 @@ bool pm_state_force(uint8_t cpu, const struct pm_state_info *info)
 	__ASSERT(info->state < PM_STATE_COUNT,
 		 "Invalid power state %d!", info->state);
 
+	info = pm_state_get(cpu, info->state, info->substate_id);
+
 	key = k_spin_lock(&pm_forced_state_lock);
-	z_cpus_pm_forced_state[cpu] = *info;
+	z_cpus_pm_forced_state[cpu] = info;
 	k_spin_unlock(&pm_forced_state_lock, key);
 
 	return true;
@@ -162,45 +155,37 @@ bool pm_system_suspend(int32_t kernel_ticks)
 	ticks = ticks_expiring_sooner(kernel_ticks, events_ticks);
 
 	key = k_spin_lock(&pm_forced_state_lock);
-	if (z_cpus_pm_forced_state[id].state != PM_STATE_ACTIVE) {
+	if (z_cpus_pm_forced_state[id] != NULL) {
 		z_cpus_pm_state[id] = z_cpus_pm_forced_state[id];
-		z_cpus_pm_forced_state[id].state = PM_STATE_ACTIVE;
+		z_cpus_pm_forced_state[id] = NULL;
 	} else {
-		const struct pm_state_info *info;
-
-		info = pm_policy_next_state(id, ticks);
-		if (info != NULL) {
-			z_cpus_pm_state[id] = *info;
-		} else {
-			z_cpus_pm_state[id].state = PM_STATE_ACTIVE;
-		}
+		z_cpus_pm_state[id] = pm_policy_next_state(id, ticks);
 	}
 	k_spin_unlock(&pm_forced_state_lock, key);
 
-	if (z_cpus_pm_state[id].state == PM_STATE_ACTIVE) {
+	if (z_cpus_pm_state[id] == NULL) {
 		LOG_DBG("No PM operations done.");
-		SYS_PORT_TRACING_FUNC_EXIT(pm, system_suspend, ticks,
-				   z_cpus_pm_state[id].state);
+		SYS_PORT_TRACING_FUNC_EXIT(pm, system_suspend, ticks, PM_STATE_ACTIVE);
 		return false;
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_DEVICE_SYSTEM_MANAGED
 	if (atomic_sub(&_cpus_active, 1) == 1) {
-		if ((z_cpus_pm_state[id].state != PM_STATE_RUNTIME_IDLE) &&
-		    !z_cpus_pm_state[id].pm_device_disabled) {
+		if ((z_cpus_pm_state[id]->state != PM_STATE_RUNTIME_IDLE) &&
+		    !z_cpus_pm_state[id]->pm_device_disabled) {
 			if (!pm_suspend_devices()) {
 				pm_resume_devices();
-				z_cpus_pm_state[id].state = PM_STATE_ACTIVE;
+				z_cpus_pm_state[id] = NULL;
 				(void)atomic_add(&_cpus_active, 1);
 				SYS_PORT_TRACING_FUNC_EXIT(pm, system_suspend, ticks,
-							   z_cpus_pm_state[id].state);
+							   PM_STATE_ACTIVE);
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 #endif
 
-	exit_latency_ticks = EXIT_LATENCY_US_TO_TICKS(z_cpus_pm_state[id].exit_latency_us);
+	exit_latency_ticks = EXIT_LATENCY_US_TO_TICKS(z_cpus_pm_state[id]->exit_latency_us);
 	if ((exit_latency_ticks > 0) && (ticks != K_TICKS_FOREVER)) {
 		/*
 		 * We need to set the timer to interrupt a little bit early to
@@ -223,15 +208,16 @@ bool pm_system_suspend(int32_t kernel_ticks)
 	/* Enter power state */
 	pm_state_notify(true);
 	atomic_set_bit(z_post_ops_required, id);
-	pm_state_set(z_cpus_pm_state[id].state, z_cpus_pm_state[id].substate_id);
+	pm_state_set(z_cpus_pm_state[id]->state, z_cpus_pm_state[id]->substate_id);
 	pm_stats_stop();
 
 	/* Wake up sequence starts here */
-	pm_stats_update(z_cpus_pm_state[id].state);
+	pm_stats_update(z_cpus_pm_state[id]->state);
 	pm_system_resume();
 	k_sched_unlock();
 	SYS_PORT_TRACING_FUNC_EXIT(pm, system_suspend, ticks,
-				   z_cpus_pm_state[id].state);
+				   z_cpus_pm_state[id] ?
+				   z_cpus_pm_state[id]->state : PM_STATE_ACTIVE);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -260,5 +246,9 @@ int pm_notifier_unregister(struct pm_notifier *notifier)
 
 const struct pm_state_info *pm_state_next_get(uint8_t cpu)
 {
-	return &z_cpus_pm_state[cpu];
+	static const struct pm_state_info active = {
+		.state = PM_STATE_ACTIVE
+	};
+
+	return z_cpus_pm_state[cpu] ? z_cpus_pm_state[cpu] : &active;
 }
diff --git a/subsys/pm/state.c b/subsys/pm/state.c
index 297d28a3768..3cf2888d339 100644
--- a/subsys/pm/state.c
+++ b/subsys/pm/state.c
@@ -66,3 +66,18 @@ uint8_t pm_state_cpu_get_all(uint8_t cpu, const struct pm_state_info **states)
 
 	return states_per_cpu[cpu];
 }
+
+const struct pm_state_info *pm_state_get(uint8_t cpu, enum pm_state state, uint8_t substate_id)
+{
+	__ASSERT_NO_MSG(cpu < ARRAY_SIZE(cpus_states));
+	const struct pm_state_info *states = cpus_states[cpu];
+	uint8_t cnt = states_per_cpu[cpu];
+
+	for (uint8_t i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+		if ((states[i].state == state) && (states[i].substate_id == substate_id)) {
+			return &states[i];
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/tests/subsys/pm/power_mgmt_multicore/src/main.c b/tests/subsys/pm/power_mgmt_multicore/src/main.c
index 6915694a6d8..e87c38ea746 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/pm/power_mgmt_multicore/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/pm/power_mgmt_multicore/src/main.c
@@ -63,26 +63,40 @@ void pm_state_exit_post_ops(enum pm_state state, uint8_t substate_id)
 
 const struct pm_state_info *pm_policy_next_state(uint8_t cpu, int ticks)
 {
-	static struct pm_state_info info = {};
+	static const struct pm_state_info states[] = {
+		{
+			.state = PM_STATE_ACTIVE
+		},
+		{
+			.state = PM_STATE_RUNTIME_IDLE
+		},
+		{
+			.state = PM_STATE_SUSPEND_TO_IDLE
+		},
+		{
+			.state = PM_STATE_STANDBY
+		},
+	};
+	static const struct pm_state_info *info;
 	int32_t msecs = k_ticks_to_ms_floor64(ticks);
 
 	if (msecs < ACTIVE_MSEC) {
-		info.state = PM_STATE_ACTIVE;
+		info = NULL;
 	} else if (msecs <= IDLE_MSEC) {
-		info.state = PM_STATE_RUNTIME_IDLE;
+		info = &states[1];
 	} else if (msecs <= SUSPEND_TO_IDLE_MSEC) {
-		info.state = PM_STATE_SUSPEND_TO_IDLE;
+		info = &states[2];
 	} else {
 		if (cpu == 0U) {
-			info.state = PM_STATE_SUSPEND_TO_IDLE;
+			info = &states[2];
 		} else {
-			info.state = PM_STATE_STANDBY;
+			info = &states[3];
 		}
 	}
 
-	state_testing[cpu] = info.state;
+	state_testing[cpu] = info ? info->state : PM_STATE_ACTIVE;
 
-	return &info;
+	return info;
 }
 
 /*