diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-state_synced b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-state_synced
index 0c922d7d02fc..c64636ddac41 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-state_synced
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-state_synced
@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@ Description:
 		at the time the kernel starts are not affected or limited in
 		any way by sync_state() callbacks.
 
+		Writing "1" to this file will force a call to the device's
+		sync_state() function if it hasn't been called already. The
+		sync_state() call happens independent of the state of the
+		consumer devices.
+
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 6fcd71803d35..b055eba1ec30 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ static inline int driver_match_device(struct device_driver *drv,
 	return drv->bus->match ? drv->bus->match(dev, drv) : 1;
 }
 
+static inline void dev_sync_state(struct device *dev)
+{
+	if (dev->bus->sync_state)
+		dev->bus->sync_state(dev);
+	else if (dev->driver && dev->driver->sync_state)
+		dev->driver->sync_state(dev);
+}
+
 extern int driver_add_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
 			     const struct attribute_group **groups);
 extern void driver_remove_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 871e6513a6c8..fe74a786e2c3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1160,10 +1160,7 @@ static void device_links_flush_sync_list(struct list_head *list,
 		if (dev != dont_lock_dev)
 			device_lock(dev);
 
-		if (dev->bus->sync_state)
-			dev->bus->sync_state(dev);
-		else if (dev->driver && dev->driver->sync_state)
-			dev->driver->sync_state(dev);
+		dev_sync_state(dev);
 
 		if (dev != dont_lock_dev)
 			device_unlock(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 84f07e0050dd..7b9ab2050b84 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -510,6 +510,27 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_bind_driver);
 static atomic_t probe_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(probe_waitqueue);
 
+static ssize_t state_synced_store(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr,
+				  const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (strcmp("1", buf))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	device_lock(dev);
+	if (!dev->state_synced) {
+		dev->state_synced = true;
+		dev_sync_state(dev);
+	} else {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+	device_unlock(dev);
+
+	return ret ? ret : count;
+}
+
 static ssize_t state_synced_show(struct device *dev,
 				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -521,7 +542,7 @@ static ssize_t state_synced_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", val);
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(state_synced);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(state_synced);
 
 static void device_unbind_cleanup(struct device *dev)
 {