diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index eb415bd76494..9592b936b71b 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ enum hrtimer_restart rtc_pie_update_irq(struct hrtimer *timer)
 void rtc_update_irq(struct rtc_device *rtc,
 		unsigned long num, unsigned long events)
 {
+	pm_stay_awake(rtc->dev.parent);
 	schedule_work(&rtc->irqwork);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtc_update_irq);
@@ -844,6 +845,7 @@ void rtc_timer_do_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	mutex_lock(&rtc->ops_lock);
 again:
+	pm_relax(rtc->dev.parent);
 	__rtc_read_time(rtc, &tm);
 	now = rtc_tm_to_ktime(tm);
 	while ((next = timerqueue_getnext(&rtc->timerqueue))) {
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
index 132333d75408..4267789ca995 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ static irqreturn_t cmos_interrupt(int irq, void *p)
 		hpet_mask_rtc_irq_bit(RTC_AIE);
 
 		CMOS_READ(RTC_INTR_FLAGS);
-		pm_wakeup_event(cmos_rtc.dev, 0);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&rtc_lock);