diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/bus.c b/drivers/soundwire/bus.c
index b7cdfa65157c6..cc4cca0325b98 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/bus.c
@@ -1841,6 +1841,18 @@ int sdw_handle_slave_status(struct sdw_bus *bus,
 				__func__, slave->dev_num);
 
 			complete(&slave->initialization_complete);
+
+			/*
+			 * If the manager became pm_runtime active, the peripherals will be
+			 * restarted and attach, but their pm_runtime status may remain
+			 * suspended. If the 'update_slave_status' callback initiates
+			 * any sort of deferred processing, this processing would not be
+			 * cancelled on pm_runtime suspend.
+			 * To avoid such zombie states, we queue a request to resume.
+			 * This would be a no-op in case the peripheral was being resumed
+			 * by e.g. the ALSA/ASoC framework.
+			 */
+			pm_request_resume(&slave->dev);
 		}
 	}