diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
index 1c82cdedd358c40410bad0a6bec6d60afc3b0c5e..f99f68e1e85bd3748c5965a0bd27c47d0f6d538e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ static int omap_device_build_from_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device_node *node = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	const char *oh_name;
 	int oh_cnt, i, ret = 0;
+	bool device_active = false;
 
 	oh_cnt = of_property_count_strings(node, "ti,hwmods");
 	if (oh_cnt <= 0) {
@@ -152,6 +153,8 @@ static int omap_device_build_from_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			goto odbfd_exit1;
 		}
 		hwmods[i] = oh;
+		if (oh->flags & HWMOD_INIT_NO_IDLE)
+			device_active = true;
 	}
 
 	od = omap_device_alloc(pdev, hwmods, oh_cnt);
@@ -172,6 +175,11 @@ static int omap_device_build_from_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pdev->dev.pm_domain = &omap_device_pm_domain;
 
+	if (device_active) {
+		omap_device_enable(pdev);
+		pm_runtime_set_active(&pdev->dev);
+	}
+
 odbfd_exit1:
 	kfree(hwmods);
 odbfd_exit: