diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
index 134a8af51511..0e99a760aebd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -273,10 +273,38 @@ static void dpm_wait_for_suppliers(struct device *dev, bool async)
 	device_links_read_unlock(idx);
 }
 
-static void dpm_wait_for_superior(struct device *dev, bool async)
+static bool dpm_wait_for_superior(struct device *dev, bool async)
 {
-	dpm_wait(dev->parent, async);
+	struct device *parent;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the device is resumed asynchronously and the parent's callback
+	 * deletes both the device and the parent itself, the parent object may
+	 * be freed while this function is running, so avoid that by reference
+	 * counting the parent once more unless the device has been deleted
+	 * already (in which case return right away).
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+
+	if (!device_pm_initialized(dev)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	parent = get_device(dev->parent);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+
+	dpm_wait(parent, async);
+	put_device(parent);
+
 	dpm_wait_for_suppliers(dev, async);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the parent's callback has deleted the device, attempting to resume
+	 * it would be invalid, so avoid doing that then.
+	 */
+	return device_pm_initialized(dev);
 }
 
 static void dpm_wait_for_consumers(struct device *dev, bool async)
@@ -621,7 +649,8 @@ static int device_resume_noirq(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state, bool asyn
 	if (!dev->power.is_noirq_suspended)
 		goto Out;
 
-	dpm_wait_for_superior(dev, async);
+	if (!dpm_wait_for_superior(dev, async))
+		goto Out;
 
 	skip_resume = dev_pm_may_skip_resume(dev);
 
@@ -829,7 +858,8 @@ static int device_resume_early(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state, bool asyn
 	if (!dev->power.is_late_suspended)
 		goto Out;
 
-	dpm_wait_for_superior(dev, async);
+	if (!dpm_wait_for_superior(dev, async))
+		goto Out;
 
 	callback = dpm_subsys_resume_early_cb(dev, state, &info);
 
@@ -944,7 +974,9 @@ static int device_resume(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state, bool async)
 		goto Complete;
 	}
 
-	dpm_wait_for_superior(dev, async);
+	if (!dpm_wait_for_superior(dev, async))
+		goto Complete;
+
 	dpm_watchdog_set(&wd, dev);
 	device_lock(dev);