diff --git a/drivers/base/power/domain.c b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
index 60a3573867058a8d8d88ddc788aee3fd2a130fea..de23b648fce3b9273bf75611b9286b712ac1e666 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/domain.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
@@ -730,12 +730,6 @@ static int pm_genpd_prepare(struct device *dev)
 	 * at this point and a system wakeup event should be reported if it's
 	 * set up to wake up the system from sleep states.
 	 */
-	if (pm_runtime_barrier(dev) && device_may_wakeup(dev))
-		pm_wakeup_event(dev, 0);
-
-	if (pm_wakeup_pending())
-		return -EBUSY;
-
 	if (resume_needed(dev, genpd))
 		pm_runtime_resume(dev);