diff --git a/drivers/base/power/domain.c b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
index 1238d24dda6d..e6c2a1284019 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/domain.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
@@ -697,21 +697,6 @@ static int pm_genpd_prepare(struct device *dev)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&genpd->lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * Even if the PM domain is powered off at this point, we can't expect
-	 * it to remain in that state during the entire system PM suspend
-	 * phase. Any subsystem/driver for a device in the PM domain, may still
-	 * need to serve a request which may require the device to be runtime
-	 * resumed and its PM domain to be powered.
-	 *
-	 * As we are disabling runtime PM at this point, we are preventing the
-	 * subsystem/driver to decide themselves. For that reason, we need to
-	 * make sure the device is operational as it may be required in some
-	 * cases.
-	 */
-	pm_runtime_resume(dev);
-	__pm_runtime_disable(dev, false);
-
 	ret = pm_generic_prepare(dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		mutex_lock(&genpd->lock);
@@ -719,7 +704,6 @@ static int pm_genpd_prepare(struct device *dev)
 		genpd->prepared_count--;
 
 		mutex_unlock(&genpd->lock);
-		pm_runtime_enable(dev);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -745,8 +729,6 @@ static int pm_genpd_suspend_noirq(struct device *dev)
 	if (dev->power.wakeup_path && genpd_dev_active_wakeup(genpd, dev))
 		return 0;
 
-	genpd_stop_dev(genpd, dev);
-
 	/*
 	 * Since all of the "noirq" callbacks are executed sequentially, it is
 	 * guaranteed that this function will never run twice in parallel for
@@ -785,7 +767,7 @@ static int pm_genpd_resume_noirq(struct device *dev)
 	pm_genpd_sync_poweron(genpd, true);
 	genpd->suspended_count--;
 
-	return genpd_start_dev(genpd, dev);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -807,7 +789,7 @@ static int pm_genpd_freeze_noirq(struct device *dev)
 	if (IS_ERR(genpd))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return genpd_stop_dev(genpd, dev);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -827,7 +809,7 @@ static int pm_genpd_thaw_noirq(struct device *dev)
 	if (IS_ERR(genpd))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return genpd_start_dev(genpd, dev);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -865,7 +847,7 @@ static int pm_genpd_restore_noirq(struct device *dev)
 
 	pm_genpd_sync_poweron(genpd, true);
 
-	return genpd_start_dev(genpd, dev);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -887,15 +869,15 @@ static void pm_genpd_complete(struct device *dev)
 	if (IS_ERR(genpd))
 		return;
 
+	pm_generic_complete(dev);
+
 	mutex_lock(&genpd->lock);
 
 	genpd->prepared_count--;
+	if (!genpd->prepared_count)
+		genpd_queue_power_off_work(genpd);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&genpd->lock);
-
-	pm_generic_complete(dev);
-	pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
-	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
 }
 
 /**