link->flags |= DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME;
                        }
                        if (flags & DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE)
-                               pm_runtime_active_link(link, supplier);
+                               refcount_inc(&link->rpm_active);
                }
 
                if (flags & DL_FLAG_STATELESS) {
 
        if (flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME) {
                if (flags & DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE)
-                       pm_runtime_active_link(link, supplier);
+                       refcount_inc(&link->rpm_active);
 
                pm_runtime_new_link(consumer);
        }
 
 
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(link, &dev->links.suppliers, c_node)
                if (link->flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME) {
+                       link->supplier_preactivated = true;
                        refcount_inc(&link->rpm_active);
                        pm_runtime_get_sync(link->supplier);
                }
        idx = device_links_read_lock();
 
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(link, &dev->links.suppliers, c_node)
-               if (link->flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME &&
-                   refcount_dec_not_one(&link->rpm_active))
-                       pm_runtime_put(link->supplier);
+               if (link->supplier_preactivated) {
+                       link->supplier_preactivated = false;
+                       if (refcount_dec_not_one(&link->rpm_active))
+                               pm_runtime_put(link->supplier);
+               }
 
        device_links_read_unlock(idx);
 }
        spin_unlock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
 }
 
-/**
- * pm_runtime_active_link - Set up new device link as active for PM-runtime.
- * @link: Device link to be set up as active.
- * @supplier: Supplier end of the link.
- *
- * Add 2 to the rpm_active refcount of @link and increment the PM-runtime
- * usage counter of @supplier once more in case the link is being added while
- * the consumer driver is probing and pm_runtime_put_suppliers() will be called
- * subsequently.
- *
- * Note that this doesn't prevent rpm_put_suppliers() from decreasing the link's
- * rpm_active refcount down to one, so runtime suspend of the consumer end of
- * @link is not affected.
- */
-void pm_runtime_active_link(struct device_link *link, struct device *supplier)
-{
-       refcount_add(2, &link->rpm_active);
-       pm_runtime_get_noresume(supplier);
-}
-
 void pm_runtime_drop_link(struct device *dev)
 {
        spin_lock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
 
 extern void pm_runtime_get_suppliers(struct device *dev);
 extern void pm_runtime_put_suppliers(struct device *dev);
 extern void pm_runtime_new_link(struct device *dev);
-extern void pm_runtime_active_link(struct device_link *link,
-                                  struct device *supplier);
 extern void pm_runtime_drop_link(struct device *dev);
 
 static inline void pm_suspend_ignore_children(struct device *dev, bool enable)
 static inline void pm_runtime_get_suppliers(struct device *dev) {}
 static inline void pm_runtime_put_suppliers(struct device *dev) {}
 static inline void pm_runtime_new_link(struct device *dev) {}
-static inline void pm_runtime_active_link(struct device_link *link,
-                                         struct device *supplier) {}
 static inline void pm_runtime_drop_link(struct device *dev) {}
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_PM */