diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
index 99a7b9f520ae..41b25486e303 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
@@ -85,19 +85,6 @@ unsigned int scsi_logging_level;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_logging_level);
 #endif
 
-/* sd, scsi core and power management need to coordinate flushing async actions */
-ASYNC_DOMAIN(scsi_sd_probe_domain);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_sd_probe_domain);
-
-/*
- * Separate domain (from scsi_sd_probe_domain) to maximize the benefit of
- * asynchronous system resume operations.  It is marked 'exclusive' to avoid
- * being included in the async_synchronize_full() that is invoked by
- * dpm_resume()
- */
-ASYNC_DOMAIN_EXCLUSIVE(scsi_sd_pm_domain);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_sd_pm_domain);
-
 /**
  * scsi_put_command - Free a scsi command block
  * @cmd: command block to free
@@ -820,7 +807,6 @@ static void __exit exit_scsi(void)
 	scsi_exit_devinfo();
 	scsi_exit_procfs();
 	scsi_exit_queue();
-	async_unregister_domain(&scsi_sd_probe_domain);
 }
 
 subsys_initcall(init_scsi);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_pm.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_pm.c
index 7639df91b110..560baaad71d5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_pm.c
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ static int scsi_dev_type_suspend(struct device *dev,
 	const struct dev_pm_ops *pm = dev->driver ? dev->driver->pm : NULL;
 	int err;
 
-	/* flush pending in-flight resume operations, suspend is synchronous */
-	async_synchronize_full_domain(&scsi_sd_pm_domain);
-
 	err = scsi_device_quiesce(to_scsi_device(dev));
 	if (err == 0) {
 		err = cb(dev, pm);
@@ -154,18 +151,7 @@ static int scsi_bus_resume_common(struct device *dev,
 	else
 		fn = NULL;
 
-	if (fn) {
-		async_schedule_domain(fn, dev, &scsi_sd_pm_domain);
-
-		/*
-		 * If a user has disabled async probing a likely reason
-		 * is due to a storage enclosure that does not inject
-		 * staggered spin-ups.  For safety, make resume
-		 * synchronous as well in that case.
-		 */
-		if (strncmp(scsi_scan_type, "async", 5) != 0)
-			async_synchronize_full_domain(&scsi_sd_pm_domain);
-	} else {
+	if (!fn) {
 		pm_runtime_disable(dev);
 		pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
 		pm_runtime_enable(dev);
@@ -175,11 +161,7 @@ static int scsi_bus_resume_common(struct device *dev,
 
 static int scsi_bus_prepare(struct device *dev)
 {
-	if (scsi_is_sdev_device(dev)) {
-		/* sd probing uses async_schedule.  Wait until it finishes. */
-		async_synchronize_full_domain(&scsi_sd_probe_domain);
-
-	} else if (scsi_is_host_device(dev)) {
+	if (scsi_is_host_device(dev)) {
 		/* Wait until async scanning is finished */
 		scsi_complete_async_scans();
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h b/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
index 5f21547b2ad2..b1edf15704c0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ static inline int scsi_autopm_get_host(struct Scsi_Host *h) { return 0; }
 static inline void scsi_autopm_put_host(struct Scsi_Host *h) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM */
 
-extern struct async_domain scsi_sd_pm_domain;
-extern struct async_domain scsi_sd_probe_domain;
-
 /* scsi_dh.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_DH
 void scsi_dh_add_device(struct scsi_device *sdev);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 251db30d0882..5fd4eb7be907 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ static struct scsi_driver sd_template = {
 		.name		= "sd",
 		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 		.probe		= sd_probe,
+		.probe_type	= PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
 		.remove		= sd_remove,
 		.shutdown	= sd_shutdown,
 		.pm		= &sd_pm_ops,
@@ -3286,12 +3287,8 @@ static int sd_format_disk_name(char *prefix, int index, char *buf, int buflen)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * The asynchronous part of sd_probe
- */
-static void sd_probe_async(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
+static void sd_probe_part2(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 {
-	struct scsi_disk *sdkp = data;
 	struct scsi_device *sdp;
 	struct gendisk *gd;
 	u32 index;
@@ -3345,7 +3342,6 @@ static void sd_probe_async(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
 	sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Attached SCSI %sdisk\n",
 		  sdp->removable ? "removable " : "");
 	scsi_autopm_put_device(sdp);
-	put_device(&sdkp->dev);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3437,8 +3433,7 @@ static int sd_probe(struct device *dev)
 	get_device(dev);
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, sdkp);
 
-	get_device(&sdkp->dev);	/* prevent release before async_schedule */
-	async_schedule_domain(sd_probe_async, sdkp, &scsi_sd_probe_domain);
+	sd_probe_part2(sdkp);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -3473,8 +3468,6 @@ static int sd_remove(struct device *dev)
 	devt = disk_devt(sdkp->disk);
 	scsi_autopm_get_device(sdkp->device);
 
-	async_synchronize_full_domain(&scsi_sd_pm_domain);
-	async_synchronize_full_domain(&scsi_sd_probe_domain);
 	device_del(&sdkp->dev);
 	del_gendisk(sdkp->disk);
 	sd_shutdown(dev);