device_links_read_unlock(idx);
 }
 
-static void device_link_rpm_prepare(struct device *consumer,
-                                   struct device *supplier)
-{
-       pm_runtime_new_link(consumer);
-       /*
-        * If the link is being added by the consumer driver at probe time,
-        * balance the decrementation of the supplier's runtime PM usage counter
-        * after consumer probe in driver_probe_device().
-        */
-       if (consumer->links.status == DL_DEV_PROBING)
-               pm_runtime_get_noresume(supplier);
-}
-
 /**
  * device_link_add - Create a link between two devices.
  * @consumer: Consumer end of the link.
 
                if (flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME) {
                        if (!(link->flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME)) {
-                               device_link_rpm_prepare(consumer, supplier);
+                               pm_runtime_new_link(consumer);
                                link->flags |= DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME;
                        }
                        if (flags & DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE)
-                               refcount_inc(&link->rpm_active);
+                               pm_runtime_active_link(link, supplier);
                }
 
                if (flags & DL_FLAG_STATELESS) {
 
        if (flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME) {
                if (flags & DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE)
-                       refcount_inc(&link->rpm_active);
+                       pm_runtime_active_link(link, supplier);
 
-               device_link_rpm_prepare(consumer, supplier);
+               pm_runtime_new_link(consumer);
        }
 
        get_device(supplier);
 
        idx = device_links_read_lock();
 
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(link, &dev->links.suppliers, c_node)
-               if (link->flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME)
+               if (link->flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME) {
+                       refcount_inc(&link->rpm_active);
                        pm_runtime_get_sync(link->supplier);
+               }
 
        device_links_read_unlock(idx);
 }
        idx = device_links_read_lock();
 
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(link, &dev->links.suppliers, c_node)
-               if (link->flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME)
+               if (link->flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME &&
+                   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 */