diff --git a/drivers/acpi/power.c b/drivers/acpi/power.c
index 1ef338545dfef977034a490d56ae9c5f043eb948..ccecfe0d695caf577367b585787fe8c4336a6214 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/power.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/power.c
@@ -687,13 +687,6 @@ static int acpi_power_resume(struct acpi_device *device)
 		return result;
 
 	mutex_lock(&resource->resource_lock);
-	if ((resource->state == ACPI_POWER_RESOURCE_STATE_ON) &&
-	    list_empty(&resource->reference)) {
-		mutex_unlock(&resource->resource_lock);
-		result = acpi_power_off_device(device->handle, NULL);
-		return result;
-	}
-
 	if ((resource->state == ACPI_POWER_RESOURCE_STATE_OFF) &&
 	    !list_empty(&resource->reference)) {
 		ref = container_of(resource->reference.next, struct acpi_power_reference, node);