diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/intel.c b/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
index 8b42053b171fb..f66fcbc33a2f5 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/intel.c
@@ -1596,6 +1596,87 @@ int intel_link_process_wakeen_event(struct auxiliary_device *auxdev)
  * PM calls
  */
 
+static int intel_resume_child_device(struct device *dev, void *data)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct sdw_slave *slave = dev_to_sdw_dev(dev);
+
+	if (!slave->probed) {
+		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: skipping device, no probed driver\n", __func__);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (!slave->dev_num_sticky) {
+		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: skipping device, never detected on bus\n", __func__);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ret = pm_request_resume(dev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		dev_err(dev, "%s: pm_request_resume failed: %d\n", __func__, ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __maybe_unused intel_pm_prepare(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct sdw_cdns *cdns = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct sdw_intel *sdw = cdns_to_intel(cdns);
+	struct sdw_bus *bus = &cdns->bus;
+	u32 clock_stop_quirks;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (bus->prop.hw_disabled || !sdw->startup_done) {
+		dev_dbg(dev, "SoundWire master %d is disabled or not-started, ignoring\n",
+			bus->link_id);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	clock_stop_quirks = sdw->link_res->clock_stop_quirks;
+
+	if (pm_runtime_suspended(dev) &&
+	    pm_runtime_suspended(dev->parent) &&
+	    ((clock_stop_quirks & SDW_INTEL_CLK_STOP_BUS_RESET) ||
+	     !clock_stop_quirks)) {
+		/*
+		 * if we've enabled clock stop, and the parent is suspended, the SHIM registers
+		 * are not accessible and the shim wake cannot be disabled.
+		 * The only solution is to resume the entire bus to full power
+		 */
+
+		/*
+		 * If any operation in this block fails, we keep going since we don't want
+		 * to prevent system suspend from happening and errors should be recoverable
+		 * on resume.
+		 */
+
+		/*
+		 * first resume the device for this link. This will also by construction
+		 * resume the PCI parent device.
+		 */
+		ret = pm_request_resume(dev);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			dev_err(dev, "%s: pm_request_resume failed: %d\n", __func__, ret);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Continue resuming the entire bus (parent + child devices) to exit
+		 * the clock stop mode. If there are no devices connected on this link
+		 * this is a no-op.
+		 * The resume to full power could have been implemented with a .prepare
+		 * step in SoundWire codec drivers. This would however require a lot
+		 * of code to handle an Intel-specific corner case. It is simpler in
+		 * practice to add a loop at the link level.
+		 */
+		ret = device_for_each_child(bus->dev, NULL, intel_resume_child_device);
+
+		if (ret < 0)
+			dev_err(dev, "%s: intel_resume_child_device failed: %d\n", __func__, ret);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int __maybe_unused intel_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct sdw_cdns *cdns = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
@@ -1615,19 +1696,18 @@ static int __maybe_unused intel_suspend(struct device *dev)
 
 		clock_stop_quirks = sdw->link_res->clock_stop_quirks;
 
-		if ((clock_stop_quirks & SDW_INTEL_CLK_STOP_BUS_RESET ||
-		     !clock_stop_quirks) &&
-		    !pm_runtime_suspended(dev->parent)) {
-
-			/*
-			 * if we've enabled clock stop, and the parent
-			 * is still active, disable shim wake. The
-			 * SHIM registers are not accessible if the
-			 * parent is already pm_runtime suspended so
-			 * it's too late to change that configuration
-			 */
-
-			intel_shim_wake(sdw, false);
+		if ((clock_stop_quirks & SDW_INTEL_CLK_STOP_BUS_RESET) ||
+		    !clock_stop_quirks) {
+
+			if (pm_runtime_suspended(dev->parent)) {
+				/*
+				 * paranoia check: this should not happen with the .prepare
+				 * resume to full power
+				 */
+				dev_err(dev, "%s: invalid config: parent is suspended\n", __func__);
+			} else {
+				intel_shim_wake(sdw, false);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return 0;
@@ -1992,6 +2072,7 @@ static int __maybe_unused intel_resume_runtime(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 static const struct dev_pm_ops intel_pm = {
+	.prepare = intel_pm_prepare,
 	SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(intel_suspend, intel_resume)
 	SET_RUNTIME_PM_OPS(intel_suspend_runtime, intel_resume_runtime, NULL)
 };