diff --git a/drivers/base/power/domain.c b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
index 84f4bee..b6ff6ec 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/domain.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 	not_suspended = 0;
 	list_for_each_entry(pdd, &genpd->dev_list, list_node)
 		if (pdd->dev->driver && (!pm_runtime_suspended(pdd->dev)
-		    || pdd->dev->power.irq_safe))
+		    || pdd->dev->power.irq_safe || to_gpd_data(pdd)->always_on))
 			not_suspended++;
 
 	if (not_suspended > genpd->in_progress)
@@ -503,6 +503,9 @@
 
 	might_sleep_if(!genpd->dev_irq_safe);
 
+	if (dev_gpd_data(dev)->always_on)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	stop_ok = genpd->gov ? genpd->gov->stop_ok : NULL;
 	if (stop_ok && !stop_ok(dev))
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -859,7 +862,7 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(genpd))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (genpd->suspend_power_off
+	if (genpd->suspend_power_off || dev_gpd_data(dev)->always_on
 	    || (dev->power.wakeup_path && genpd_dev_active_wakeup(genpd, dev)))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -892,7 +895,7 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(genpd))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (genpd->suspend_power_off
+	if (genpd->suspend_power_off || dev_gpd_data(dev)->always_on
 	    || (dev->power.wakeup_path && genpd_dev_active_wakeup(genpd, dev)))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1012,7 +1015,8 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(genpd))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return genpd->suspend_power_off ? 0 : genpd_stop_dev(genpd, dev);
+	return genpd->suspend_power_off || dev_gpd_data(dev)->always_on ?
+		0 : genpd_stop_dev(genpd, dev);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1032,7 +1036,8 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(genpd))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return genpd->suspend_power_off ? 0 : genpd_start_dev(genpd, dev);
+	return genpd->suspend_power_off || dev_gpd_data(dev)->always_on ?
+		0 : genpd_start_dev(genpd, dev);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1124,7 +1129,7 @@
 
 	pm_genpd_poweron(genpd);
 
-	return genpd_start_dev(genpd, dev);
+	return dev_gpd_data(dev)->always_on ? 0 : genpd_start_dev(genpd, dev);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1320,6 +1325,26 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * pm_genpd_dev_always_on - Set/unset the "always on" flag for a given device.
+ * @dev: Device to set/unset the flag for.
+ * @val: The new value of the device's "always on" flag.
+ */
+void pm_genpd_dev_always_on(struct device *dev, bool val)
+{
+	struct pm_subsys_data *psd;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->power.lock, flags);
+
+	psd = dev_to_psd(dev);
+	if (psd && psd->domain_data)
+		to_gpd_data(psd->domain_data)->always_on = val;
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->power.lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_genpd_dev_always_on);
+
+/**
  * pm_genpd_add_subdomain - Add a subdomain to an I/O PM domain.
  * @genpd: Master PM domain to add the subdomain to.
  * @subdomain: Subdomain to be added.