diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
index cbc9a7a75def7625b5f1f6c95664d95b92c30037..d497d448e4b2af0aa1b49960af4e6542e8eaa34e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -656,13 +656,15 @@ static void device_resume_noirq(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state, bool asy
 	 * so change its status accordingly.
 	 *
 	 * Otherwise, the device is going to be resumed, so set its PM-runtime
-	 * status to "active", but do that only if DPM_FLAG_SMART_SUSPEND is set
-	 * to avoid confusing drivers that don't use it.
+	 * status to "active" unless its power.set_active flag is clear, in
+	 * which case it is not necessary to update its PM-runtime status.
 	 */
-	if (skip_resume)
+	if (skip_resume) {
 		pm_runtime_set_suspended(dev);
-	else if (dev_pm_skip_suspend(dev))
+	} else if (dev->power.set_active) {
 		pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
+		dev->power.set_active = false;
+	}
 
 	if (dev->pm_domain) {
 		info = "noirq power domain ";
@@ -1189,18 +1191,24 @@ static pm_message_t resume_event(pm_message_t sleep_state)
 	return PMSG_ON;
 }
 
-static void dpm_superior_set_must_resume(struct device *dev)
+static void dpm_superior_set_must_resume(struct device *dev, bool set_active)
 {
 	struct device_link *link;
 	int idx;
 
-	if (dev->parent)
+	if (dev->parent) {
 		dev->parent->power.must_resume = true;
+		if (set_active)
+			dev->parent->power.set_active = true;
+	}
 
 	idx = device_links_read_lock();
 
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu_locked(link, &dev->links.suppliers, c_node)
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu_locked(link, &dev->links.suppliers, c_node) {
 		link->supplier->power.must_resume = true;
+		if (set_active)
+			link->supplier->power.set_active = true;
+	}
 
 	device_links_read_unlock(idx);
 }
@@ -1278,8 +1286,11 @@ static int device_suspend_noirq(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state, bool asy
 	      dev->power.may_skip_resume))
 		dev->power.must_resume = true;
 
-	if (dev->power.must_resume)
-		dpm_superior_set_must_resume(dev);
+	if (dev->power.must_resume) {
+		dev->power.set_active = dev->power.set_active ||
+			dev_pm_test_driver_flags(dev, DPM_FLAG_SMART_SUSPEND);
+		dpm_superior_set_must_resume(dev, dev->power.set_active);
+	}
 
 Complete:
 	complete_all(&dev->power.completion);
diff --git a/include/linux/pm.h b/include/linux/pm.h
index 0627a795892be056669d33375d6a6cfb972eb091..0d2597a76dfcc922faf47c83b1390fda53e0eed8 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm.h
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ struct dev_pm_info {
 	bool			no_pm_callbacks:1;	/* Owned by the PM core */
 	bool			async_in_progress:1;	/* Owned by the PM core */
 	bool			must_resume:1;		/* Owned by the PM core */
+	bool			set_active:1;		/* Owned by the PM core */
 	bool			may_skip_resume:1;	/* Set by subsystems */
 #else
 	bool			should_wakeup:1;