diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index 04ad312fd85b..6e9e2755b9ea 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
 	pr_debug("%s()\n", __func__);
 	pr_debug(" starting at: %pOF\n", root);
 
+	device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause();
 	for_each_child_of_node(root, child) {
 		rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, lookup, parent, true);
 		if (rc) {
@@ -493,6 +494,8 @@ int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume();
+
 	of_node_set_flag(root, OF_POPULATED_BUS);
 
 	of_node_put(root);
@@ -524,6 +527,7 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
 	if (!of_have_populated_dt())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause();
 	/*
 	 * Handle certain compatibles explicitly, since we don't want to create
 	 * platform_devices for every node in /reserved-memory with a
@@ -544,6 +548,14 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 arch_initcall_sync(of_platform_default_populate_init);
+
+static int __init of_platform_sync_state_init(void)
+{
+	if (of_have_populated_dt())
+		device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume();
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall_sync(of_platform_sync_state_init);
 #endif
 
 int of_platform_device_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)