diff --git a/Documentation/power/devices.txt b/Documentation/power/devices.txt
index d172bce0fd49..8ba6625fdd63 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/devices.txt
@@ -341,6 +341,13 @@ the phases are:
 	and is entirely responsible for bringing the device back to the
 	functional state as appropriate.
 
+	Note that this direct-complete procedure applies even if the device is
+	disabled for runtime PM; only the runtime-PM status matters.  It follows
+	that if a device has system-sleep callbacks but does not support runtime
+	PM, then its prepare callback must never return a positive value.  This
+	is because all devices are initially set to runtime-suspended with
+	runtime PM disabled.
+
     2.	The suspend methods should quiesce the device to stop it from performing
 	I/O.  They also may save the device registers and put it into the
 	appropriate low-power state, depending on the bus type the device is on,
diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
index e76dc0ad4d2b..0784bc3a2ab5 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
@@ -445,10 +445,6 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
   bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev);
     - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended'
 
-  bool pm_runtime_suspended_if_enabled(struct device *dev);
-    - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended' and its
-      'power.disable_depth' field is equal to 1
-
   void pm_runtime_allow(struct device *dev);
     - set the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and decrease its usage
       counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
index 30b7bbfdc558..1710c26ba097 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ static int __device_suspend(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state, bool async)
 	if (dev->power.direct_complete) {
 		if (pm_runtime_status_suspended(dev)) {
 			pm_runtime_disable(dev);
-			if (pm_runtime_suspended_if_enabled(dev))
+			if (pm_runtime_status_suspended(dev))
 				goto Complete;
 
 			pm_runtime_enable(dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
index 30e84d48bfea..3bdbb4189780 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ static inline bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev)
 	return dev->power.runtime_status == RPM_SUSPENDED;
 }
 
-static inline bool pm_runtime_suspended_if_enabled(struct device *dev)
-{
-	return pm_runtime_status_suspended(dev) && dev->power.disable_depth == 1;
-}
-
 static inline bool pm_runtime_enabled(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return !dev->power.disable_depth;
@@ -164,7 +159,6 @@ static inline void device_set_run_wake(struct device *dev, bool enable) {}
 static inline bool pm_runtime_suspended(struct device *dev) { return false; }
 static inline bool pm_runtime_active(struct device *dev) { return true; }
 static inline bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev) { return false; }
-static inline bool pm_runtime_suspended_if_enabled(struct device *dev) { return false; }
 static inline bool pm_runtime_enabled(struct device *dev) { return false; }
 
 static inline void pm_runtime_no_callbacks(struct device *dev) {}