diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index 8b339f03a0ad..379544697aa3 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -545,7 +545,9 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Populate everything else. */
+	fw_devlink_pause();
 	of_platform_default_populate(NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	fw_devlink_resume();
 
 	return 0;
 }