diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
index 7bcf74b1a5cdd8d6d2fd113fb16f540365db0a45..1da5f29abbcb3f6013eb04f3268cdce7ccc3028d 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static int sdhci_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_free;
 
 	if (c->use_runtime_pm) {
+		pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
 		pm_suspend_ignore_children(dev, 1);
 		pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(dev, 50);
 		pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(dev);