diff --git a/drivers/base/power/domain.c b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
index 23aa2feced77..0198af358503 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/domain.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ static int genpd_power_off(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool one_dev_on,
 	struct pm_domain_data *pdd;
 	struct gpd_link *link;
 	unsigned int not_suspended = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Do not try to power off the domain in the following situations:
@@ -544,24 +545,13 @@ static int genpd_power_off(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd, bool one_dev_on,
 	if (!genpd->gov)
 		genpd->state_idx = 0;
 
-	if (genpd->power_off) {
-		int ret;
+	/* Don't power off, if a child domain is waiting to power on. */
+	if (atomic_read(&genpd->sd_count) > 0)
+		return -EBUSY;
 
-		if (atomic_read(&genpd->sd_count) > 0)
-			return -EBUSY;
-
-		/*
-		 * If sd_count > 0 at this point, one of the subdomains hasn't
-		 * managed to call genpd_power_on() for the parent yet after
-		 * incrementing it.  In that case genpd_power_on() will wait
-		 * for us to drop the lock, so we can call .power_off() and let
-		 * the genpd_power_on() restore power for us (this shouldn't
-		 * happen very often).
-		 */
-		ret = _genpd_power_off(genpd, true);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
+	ret = _genpd_power_off(genpd, true);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	genpd->status = GENPD_STATE_OFF;
 	genpd_update_accounting(genpd);