diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
index 31b31a35c8fe..76660bc1ccfb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
@@ -1107,6 +1107,26 @@ nouveau_connector_hotplug(struct nvif_notify *notify)
 	const struct nvif_notify_conn_rep_v0 *rep = notify->data;
 	const char *name = connector->name;
 	struct nouveau_encoder *nv_encoder;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = pm_runtime_get(drm->dev->dev);
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		/* We can't block here if there's a pending PM request
+		 * running, as we'll deadlock nouveau_display_fini() when it
+		 * calls nvif_put() on our nvif_notify struct. So, simply
+		 * defer the hotplug event until the device finishes resuming
+		 */
+		NV_DEBUG(drm, "Deferring HPD on %s until runtime resume\n",
+			 name);
+		schedule_work(&drm->hpd_work);
+
+		pm_runtime_put_noidle(drm->dev->dev);
+		return NVIF_NOTIFY_KEEP;
+	} else if (ret != 1 && ret != -EACCES) {
+		NV_WARN(drm, "HPD on %s dropped due to RPM failure: %d\n",
+			name, ret);
+		return NVIF_NOTIFY_DROP;
+	}
 
 	if (rep->mask & NVIF_NOTIFY_CONN_V0_IRQ) {
 		NV_DEBUG(drm, "service %s\n", name);
@@ -1124,6 +1144,8 @@ nouveau_connector_hotplug(struct nvif_notify *notify)
 		drm_helper_hpd_irq_event(connector->dev);
 	}
 
+	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(drm->dev->dev);
+	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(drm->dev->dev);
 	return NVIF_NOTIFY_KEEP;
 }