diff --git a/drivers/bus/simple-pm-bus.c b/drivers/bus/simple-pm-bus.c
index 01a3d0cd08ed..6b8d6257ed8a 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/simple-pm-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/simple-pm-bus.c
@@ -13,11 +13,36 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 
-
 static int simple_pm_bus_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	const struct of_dev_auxdata *lookup = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
-	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
+	const struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+	const struct of_dev_auxdata *lookup = dev_get_platdata(dev);
+	struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
+	const struct of_device_id *match;
+
+	/*
+	 * Allow user to use driver_override to bind this driver to a
+	 * transparent bus device which has a different compatible string
+	 * that's not listed in simple_pm_bus_of_match. We don't want to do any
+	 * of the simple-pm-bus tasks for these devices, so return early.
+	 */
+	if (pdev->driver_override)
+		return 0;
+
+	match = of_match_device(dev->driver->of_match_table, dev);
+	/*
+	 * These are transparent bus devices (not simple-pm-bus matches) that
+	 * have their child nodes populated automatically.  So, don't need to
+	 * do anything more. We only match with the device if this driver is
+	 * the most specific match because we don't want to incorrectly bind to
+	 * a device that has a more specific driver.
+	 */
+	if (match && match->data) {
+		if (of_property_match_string(np, "compatible", match->compatible) == 0)
+			return 0;
+		else
+			return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 
@@ -31,14 +56,25 @@ static int simple_pm_bus_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int simple_pm_bus_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+	const void *data = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
+
+	if (pdev->driver_override || data)
+		return 0;
+
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#define ONLY_BUS	((void *) 1) /* Match if the device is only a bus. */
+
 static const struct of_device_id simple_pm_bus_of_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "simple-pm-bus", },
+	{ .compatible = "simple-bus",	.data = ONLY_BUS },
+	{ .compatible = "simple-mfd",	.data = ONLY_BUS },
+	{ .compatible = "isa",		.data = ONLY_BUS },
+	{ .compatible = "arm,amba-bus",	.data = ONLY_BUS },
 	{ /* sentinel */ }
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, simple_pm_bus_of_match);