diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index abfce4f613f893d3a88f6d8f114ef7a674e256f3..787190238753a44c869a1433479049258b2f680c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -165,19 +165,6 @@ void device_pm_move_to_tail(struct device *dev)
 	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.
@@ -286,11 +273,11 @@ struct device_link *device_link_add(struct device *consumer,
 
 		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) {
@@ -323,9 +310,9 @@ struct device_link *device_link_add(struct device *consumer,
 
 	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);
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
index af23eb327f57a9ee87521f6f783494dc8c4d1515..6b8aa6bed0645d1de13d2607cfe7f219b6a303fa 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
@@ -1625,8 +1625,10 @@ void pm_runtime_get_suppliers(struct device *dev)
 	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);
 }
@@ -1643,7 +1645,8 @@ void pm_runtime_put_suppliers(struct device *dev)
 	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);
@@ -1656,6 +1659,26 @@ void pm_runtime_new_link(struct device *dev)
 	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);
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
index fed5be706bc9410dfd4b5593e2ea71b73067c00b..a27bbb5937b817ae55c9e201e45486bda6c6fdf5 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ extern void pm_runtime_clean_up_links(struct device *dev);
 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)
@@ -176,6 +178,8 @@ static inline void pm_runtime_clean_up_links(struct device *dev) {}
 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 */