diff --git a/include/linux/pm.h b/include/linux/pm.h
index d915d03..72c0fe0 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm.h
@@ -93,13 +93,23 @@
  *	been registered) to recover from the race condition.
  *	This method is executed for all kinds of suspend transitions and is
  *	followed by one of the suspend callbacks: @suspend(), @freeze(), or
- *	@poweroff().  The PM core executes subsystem-level @prepare() for all
- *	devices before starting to invoke suspend callbacks for any of them, so
- *	generally devices may be assumed to be functional or to respond to
- *	runtime resume requests while @prepare() is being executed.  However,
- *	device drivers may NOT assume anything about the availability of user
- *	space at that time and it is NOT valid to request firmware from within
- *	@prepare() (it's too late to do that).  It also is NOT valid to allocate
+ *	@poweroff().  If the transition is a suspend to memory or standby (that
+ *	is, not related to hibernation), the return value of @prepare() may be
+ *	used to indicate to the PM core to leave the device in runtime suspend
+ *	if applicable.  Namely, if @prepare() returns a positive number, the PM
+ *	core will understand that as a declaration that the device appears to be
+ *	runtime-suspended and it may be left in that state during the entire
+ *	transition and during the subsequent resume if all of its descendants
+ *	are left in runtime suspend too.  If that happens, @complete() will be
+ *	executed directly after @prepare() and it must ensure the proper
+ *	functioning of the device after the system resume.
+ *	The PM core executes subsystem-level @prepare() for all devices before
+ *	starting to invoke suspend callbacks for any of them, so generally
+ *	devices may be assumed to be functional or to respond to runtime resume
+ *	requests while @prepare() is being executed.  However, device drivers
+ *	may NOT assume anything about the availability of user space at that
+ *	time and it is NOT valid to request firmware from within @prepare()
+ *	(it's too late to do that).  It also is NOT valid to allocate
  *	substantial amounts of memory from @prepare() in the GFP_KERNEL mode.
  *	[To work around these limitations, drivers may register suspend and
  *	hibernation notifiers to be executed before the freezing of tasks.]
@@ -112,7 +122,16 @@
  *	of the other devices that the PM core has unsuccessfully attempted to
  *	suspend earlier).
  *	The PM core executes subsystem-level @complete() after it has executed
- *	the appropriate resume callbacks for all devices.
+ *	the appropriate resume callbacks for all devices.  If the corresponding
+ *	@prepare() at the beginning of the suspend transition returned a
+ *	positive number and the device was left in runtime suspend (without
+ *	executing any suspend and resume callbacks for it), @complete() will be
+ *	the only callback executed for the device during resume.  In that case,
+ *	@complete() must be prepared to do whatever is necessary to ensure the
+ *	proper functioning of the device after the system resume.  To this end,
+ *	@complete() can check the power.direct_complete flag of the device to
+ *	learn whether (unset) or not (set) the previous suspend and resume
+ *	callbacks have been executed for it.
  *
  * @suspend: Executed before putting the system into a sleep state in which the
  *	contents of main memory are preserved.  The exact action to perform
@@ -546,6 +565,7 @@
 	bool			is_late_suspended:1;
 	bool			ignore_children:1;
 	bool			early_init:1;	/* Owned by the PM core */
+	bool			direct_complete:1;	/* Owned by the PM core */
 	spinlock_t		lock;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 	struct list_head	entry;
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
index 2a5897a..43fd671 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
 	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;
@@ -150,6 +155,7 @@
 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) {}