diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 0fde3e9e63ee..ddfbd62d8bfc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -454,8 +454,7 @@ static void __device_link_del(struct kref *kref)
 	dev_dbg(link->consumer, "Dropping the link to %s\n",
 		dev_name(link->supplier));
 
-	if (link->flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME)
-		pm_runtime_drop_link(link->consumer);
+	pm_runtime_drop_link(link);
 
 	list_del_rcu(&link->s_node);
 	list_del_rcu(&link->c_node);
@@ -469,8 +468,7 @@ static void __device_link_del(struct kref *kref)
 	dev_info(link->consumer, "Dropping the link to %s\n",
 		 dev_name(link->supplier));
 
-	if (link->flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME)
-		pm_runtime_drop_link(link->consumer);
+	pm_runtime_drop_link(link);
 
 	list_del(&link->s_node);
 	list_del(&link->c_node);
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
index 4244e22e4b40..159e9c6e16c2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ void pm_runtime_new_link(struct device *dev)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
 }
 
-void pm_runtime_drop_link(struct device *dev)
+static void pm_runtime_drop_link_count(struct device *dev)
 {
 	spin_lock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
 	WARN_ON(dev->power.links_count == 0);
@@ -1710,6 +1710,25 @@ void pm_runtime_drop_link(struct device *dev)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * pm_runtime_drop_link - Prepare for device link removal.
+ * @link: Device link going away.
+ *
+ * Drop the link count of the consumer end of @link and decrement the supplier
+ * device's runtime PM usage counter as many times as needed to drop all of the
+ * PM runtime reference to it from the consumer.
+ */
+void pm_runtime_drop_link(struct device_link *link)
+{
+	if (!(link->flags & DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME))
+		return;
+
+	pm_runtime_drop_link_count(link->consumer);
+
+	while (refcount_dec_not_one(&link->rpm_active))
+		pm_runtime_put(link->supplier);
+}
+
 static bool pm_runtime_need_not_resume(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return atomic_read(&dev->power.usage_count) <= 1 &&
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
index 22af69d237a6..d805fb1ae880 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ 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_drop_link(struct device *dev);
+extern void pm_runtime_drop_link(struct device_link *link);
 
 static inline void pm_suspend_ignore_children(struct device *dev, bool enable)
 {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ 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_drop_link(struct device *dev) {}
+static inline void pm_runtime_drop_link(struct device_link *link) {}
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_PM */