diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
index 0ea1018280bd..cb3eab6d520f 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ static void ata_acpi_register_power_resource(struct ata_device *dev)
 
 	handle = ata_dev_acpi_handle(dev);
 	if (handle)
-		acpi_dev_pm_remove_dependent(handle, &sdev->sdev_gendev);
+		acpi_dev_pm_add_dependent(handle, &sdev->sdev_gendev);
 }
 
 static void ata_acpi_unregister_power_resource(struct ata_device *dev)