diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index ca7fc9df1ccf900533d56c35326b360316283af2..c04d49e31f814fe11d2f1b730dcba014afeb324c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/usb/usbnet.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 
 #define DRIVER_VERSION		"22-Aug-2005"
 
@@ -1273,6 +1274,16 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
 	struct usb_device		*xdev;
 	int				status;
 	const char			*name;
+	struct usb_driver 	*driver = to_usb_driver(udev->dev.driver);
+
+	/* usbnet already took usb runtime pm, so have to enable the feature
+	 * for usb interface, otherwise usb_autopm_get_interface may return
+	 * failure if USB_SUSPEND(RUNTIME_PM) is enabled.
+	 */
+	if (!driver->supports_autosuspend) {
+		driver->supports_autosuspend = 1;
+		pm_runtime_enable(&udev->dev);
+	}
 
 	name = udev->dev.driver->name;
 	info = (struct driver_info *) prod->driver_info;