diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
index b69dd9abb50a..53f0735817bb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ static int _od_suspend_noirq(struct device *dev)
 
 	if (!ret && !pm_runtime_status_suspended(dev)) {
 		if (pm_generic_runtime_suspend(dev) == 0) {
+			pm_runtime_set_suspended(dev);
 			omap_device_idle(pdev);
 			od->flags |= OMAP_DEVICE_SUSPENDED;
 		}
@@ -634,10 +635,18 @@ static int _od_resume_noirq(struct device *dev)
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 	struct omap_device *od = to_omap_device(pdev);
 
-	if ((od->flags & OMAP_DEVICE_SUSPENDED) &&
-	    !pm_runtime_status_suspended(dev)) {
+	if (od->flags & OMAP_DEVICE_SUSPENDED) {
 		od->flags &= ~OMAP_DEVICE_SUSPENDED;
 		omap_device_enable(pdev);
+		/*
+		 * XXX: we run before core runtime pm has resumed itself. At
+		 * this point in time, we just restore the runtime pm state and
+		 * considering symmetric operations in resume, we donot expect
+		 * to fail. If we failed, something changed in core runtime_pm
+		 * framework OR some device driver messed things up, hence, WARN
+		 */
+		WARN(pm_runtime_set_active(dev),
+		     "Could not set %s runtime state active\n", dev_name(dev));
 		pm_generic_runtime_resume(dev);
 	}