diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
index 40e47c75f0643f04cd0c0e37c64123812a446f51..14dd3c6ad97ee852d0273a7a66c57b5ebe74b34b 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@ drivers/base/power/runtime.c and include/linux/pm_runtime.h:
     - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended' and its
       'power.disable_depth' field is equal to zero, or false otherwise
 
+  bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev);
+    - return true if the device's runtime PM status is 'suspended'
+
   void pm_runtime_allow(struct device *dev);
     - set the power.runtime_auto flag for the device and decrease its usage
       counter (used by the /sys/devices/.../power/control interface to
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
index dfb8539ed6863b502d2dffeae92f9d72c00260f2..daac05d751b2f144bedcb347148e7fde23b5fdec 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm_runtime.h
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ static inline bool pm_runtime_suspended(struct device *dev)
 		&& !dev->power.disable_depth;
 }
 
+static inline bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->power.runtime_status == RPM_SUSPENDED;
+}
+
 static inline bool pm_runtime_enabled(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return !dev->power.disable_depth;
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ static inline void pm_runtime_put_noidle(struct device *dev) {}
 static inline bool device_run_wake(struct device *dev) { return false; }
 static inline void device_set_run_wake(struct device *dev, bool enable) {}
 static inline bool pm_runtime_suspended(struct device *dev) { return false; }
+static inline bool pm_runtime_status_suspended(struct device *dev) { return false; }
 static inline bool pm_runtime_enabled(struct device *dev) { return false; }
 
 static inline int pm_generic_runtime_idle(struct device *dev) { return 0; }