diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 96f73aaf71da3..8b3c3fcf35a96 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ int device_links_read_lock_held(void)
 {
 	return srcu_read_lock_held(&device_links_srcu);
 }
+
+static void device_link_synchronize_removal(void)
+{
+	synchronize_srcu(&device_links_srcu);
+}
 #else /* !CONFIG_SRCU */
 static DECLARE_RWSEM(device_links_lock);
 
@@ -113,6 +118,10 @@ int device_links_read_lock_held(void)
 	return lockdep_is_held(&device_links_lock);
 }
 #endif
+
+static inline void device_link_synchronize_removal(void)
+{
+}
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SRCU */
 
 static bool device_is_ancestor(struct device *dev, struct device *target)
@@ -332,8 +341,13 @@ static struct attribute *devlink_attrs[] = {
 };
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(devlink);
 
-static void device_link_free(struct device_link *link)
+static void device_link_release_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
+	struct device_link *link = container_of(work, struct device_link, rm_work);
+
+	/* Ensure that all references to the link object have been dropped. */
+	device_link_synchronize_removal();
+
 	while (refcount_dec_not_one(&link->rpm_active))
 		pm_runtime_put(link->supplier);
 
@@ -342,24 +356,19 @@ static void device_link_free(struct device_link *link)
 	kfree(link);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SRCU
-static void __device_link_free_srcu(struct rcu_head *rhead)
-{
-	device_link_free(container_of(rhead, struct device_link, rcu_head));
-}
-
 static void devlink_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct device_link *link = to_devlink(dev);
 
-	call_srcu(&device_links_srcu, &link->rcu_head, __device_link_free_srcu);
-}
-#else
-static void devlink_dev_release(struct device *dev)
-{
-	device_link_free(to_devlink(dev));
+	INIT_WORK(&link->rm_work, device_link_release_fn);
+	/*
+	 * It may take a while to complete this work because of the SRCU
+	 * synchronization in device_link_release_fn() and if the consumer or
+	 * supplier devices get deleted when it runs, so put it into the "long"
+	 * workqueue.
+	 */
+	queue_work(system_long_wq, &link->rm_work);
 }
-#endif
 
 static struct class devlink_class = {
 	.name = "devlink",
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 75a24b32fee8a..8d97871631d02 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ struct device {
  * @flags: Link flags.
  * @rpm_active: Whether or not the consumer device is runtime-PM-active.
  * @kref: Count repeated addition of the same link.
- * @rcu_head: An RCU head to use for deferred execution of SRCU callbacks.
+ * @rm_work: Work structure used for removing the link.
  * @supplier_preactivated: Supplier has been made active before consumer probe.
  */
 struct device_link {
@@ -583,9 +583,7 @@ struct device_link {
 	u32 flags;
 	refcount_t rpm_active;
 	struct kref kref;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SRCU
-	struct rcu_head rcu_head;
-#endif
+	struct work_struct rm_work;
 	bool supplier_preactivated; /* Owned by consumer probe. */
 };