diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index ae85a88ba53e..c1c433333124 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -480,7 +480,6 @@ int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
 	pr_debug("%s()\n", __func__);
 	pr_debug(" starting at: %pOF\n", root);
 
-	device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause();
 	for_each_child_of_node(root, child) {
 		rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, lookup, parent, true);
 		if (rc) {
@@ -488,8 +487,6 @@ int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume();
-
 	of_node_set_flag(root, OF_POPULATED_BUS);
 
 	of_node_put(root);
@@ -686,7 +683,6 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	platform_bus_type.add_links = of_link_to_suppliers;
-	device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause();
 	/*
 	 * Handle certain compatibles explicitly, since we don't want to create
 	 * platform_devices for every node in /reserved-memory with a
@@ -707,13 +703,6 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 arch_initcall_sync(of_platform_default_populate_init);
-
-static int __init of_platform_sync_state_init(void)
-{
-	device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume();
-	return 0;
-}
-late_initcall_sync(of_platform_sync_state_init);
 #endif
 
 int of_platform_device_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)