diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c
index 5252ce4cbda4ec..68cfb6d6e7efaa 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c
@@ -679,7 +679,6 @@ static const struct rtc_class_ops sun6i_rtc_ops = {
 	.alarm_irq_enable	= sun6i_rtc_alarm_irq_enable
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 /* Enable IRQ wake on suspend, to wake up from RTC. */
 static int sun6i_rtc_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -692,7 +691,7 @@ static int sun6i_rtc_suspend(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 /* Disable IRQ wake on resume. */
-static int sun6i_rtc_resume(struct device *dev)
+static int __maybe_unused sun6i_rtc_resume(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct sun6i_rtc_dev *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
@@ -701,7 +700,6 @@ static int sun6i_rtc_resume(struct device *dev)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-#endif
 
 static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(sun6i_rtc_pm_ops,
 	sun6i_rtc_suspend, sun6i_rtc_resume);
@@ -817,6 +815,11 @@ static int sun6i_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void sun6i_rtc_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	sun6i_rtc_suspend(&pdev->dev);
+}
+
 /*
  * As far as RTC functionality goes, all models are the same. The
  * datasheets claim that different models have different number of
@@ -839,6 +842,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sun6i_rtc_dt_ids);
 
 static struct platform_driver sun6i_rtc_driver = {
 	.probe		= sun6i_rtc_probe,
+	.shutdown	= sun6i_rtc_shutdown,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name		= "sun6i-rtc",
 		.of_match_table = sun6i_rtc_dt_ids,