diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
index 88561029cca8..1cc02ca2af2a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
@@ -716,8 +716,9 @@ int acpi_suspend(u32 acpi_state)
  *	@dev: device to examine; its driver model wakeup flags control
  *		whether it should be able to wake up the system
  *	@d_min_p: used to store the upper limit of allowed states range
- *	Return value: preferred power state of the device on success, -ENODEV on
- *		failure (ie. if there's no 'struct acpi_device' for @dev)
+ *	@d_max_in: specify the lowest allowed states
+ *	Return value: preferred power state of the device on success, -ENODEV
+ *	(ie. if there's no 'struct acpi_device' for @dev) or -EINVAL on failure
  *
  *	Find the lowest power (highest number) ACPI device power state that
  *	device @dev can be in while the system is in the sleep state represented
@@ -732,13 +733,15 @@ int acpi_suspend(u32 acpi_state)
  *	via @wake.
  */
 
-int acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(struct device *dev, int *d_min_p)
+int acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(struct device *dev, int *d_min_p, int d_max_in)
 {
 	acpi_handle handle = DEVICE_ACPI_HANDLE(dev);
 	struct acpi_device *adev;
 	char acpi_method[] = "_SxD";
 	unsigned long long d_min, d_max;
 
+	if (d_max_in < ACPI_STATE_D0 || d_max_in > ACPI_STATE_D3)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!handle || ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &adev))) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "ACPI handle has no context!\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -746,8 +749,10 @@ int acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(struct device *dev, int *d_min_p)
 
 	acpi_method[2] = '0' + acpi_target_sleep_state;
 	/*
-	 * If the sleep state is S0, we will return D3, but if the device has
-	 * _S0W, we will use the value from _S0W
+	 * If the sleep state is S0, the lowest limit from ACPI is D3,
+	 * but if the device has _S0W, we will use the value from _S0W
+	 * as the lowest limit from ACPI.  Finally, we will constrain
+	 * the lowest limit with the specified one.
 	 */
 	d_min = ACPI_STATE_D0;
 	d_max = ACPI_STATE_D3;
@@ -791,8 +796,17 @@ int acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(struct device *dev, int *d_min_p)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (d_max_in < d_min)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	if (d_min_p)
 		*d_min_p = d_min;
+	/* constrain d_max with specified lowest limit (max number) */
+	if (d_max > d_max_in) {
+		for (d_max = d_max_in; d_max > d_min; d_max--) {
+			if (adev->power.states[d_max].flags.valid)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
 	return d_max;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM */
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c b/drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c
index 61e2fefeedab..a9efebc586b4 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ static pci_power_t acpi_pci_choose_state(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	int acpi_state;
 
-	acpi_state = acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(&pdev->dev, NULL);
+	acpi_state = acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(&pdev->dev, NULL,
+						ACPI_STATE_D3);
 	if (acpi_state < 0)
 		return PCI_POWER_ERROR;
 
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c b/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
index d21e8f59c84e..507a8e2b9a4c 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ static int pnpacpi_suspend(struct pnp_dev *dev, pm_message_t state)
 	}
 
 	if (acpi_bus_power_manageable(handle)) {
-		int power_state = acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(&dev->dev, NULL);
-
+		int power_state = acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(&dev->dev, NULL,
+							     ACPI_STATE_D3);
 		if (power_state < 0)
 			power_state = (state.event == PM_EVENT_ON) ?
 					ACPI_STATE_D0 : ACPI_STATE_D3;
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index 9e6e1c6eb60a..16bd68504ff7 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -414,13 +414,13 @@ int acpi_enable_wakeup_device_power(struct acpi_device *dev, int state);
 int acpi_disable_wakeup_device_power(struct acpi_device *dev);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
-int acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(struct device *, int *);
+int acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(struct device *, int *, int);
 #else
-static inline int acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(struct device *d, int *p)
+static inline int acpi_pm_device_sleep_state(struct device *d, int *p, int m)
 {
 	if (p)
 		*p = ACPI_STATE_D0;
-	return ACPI_STATE_D3;
+	return (m >= ACPI_STATE_D0 && m <= ACPI_STATE_D3) ? m : ACPI_STATE_D0;
 }
 #endif