diff --git a/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c b/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c
index c4d0a1c912f0..3d96e4da2d98 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ static int acpi_dev_pm_get_state(struct device *dev, struct acpi_device *adev,
 	unsigned long long ret;
 	int d_min, d_max;
 	bool wakeup = false;
+	bool has_sxd = false;
 	acpi_status status;
 
 	/*
@@ -581,6 +582,10 @@ static int acpi_dev_pm_get_state(struct device *dev, struct acpi_device *adev,
 			else
 				return -ENODATA;
 		}
+
+		if (status == AE_OK)
+			has_sxd = true;
+
 		d_min = ret;
 		wakeup = device_may_wakeup(dev) && adev->wakeup.flags.valid
 			&& adev->wakeup.sleep_state >= target_state;
@@ -599,7 +604,11 @@ static int acpi_dev_pm_get_state(struct device *dev, struct acpi_device *adev,
 		method[3] = 'W';
 		status = acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, method, NULL, &ret);
 		if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND) {
-			if (target_state > ACPI_STATE_S0)
+			/* No _SxW. In this case, the ACPI spec says that we
+			 * must not go into any power state deeper than the
+			 * value returned from _SxD.
+			 */
+			if (has_sxd && target_state > ACPI_STATE_S0)
 				d_max = d_min;
 		} else if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status) && ret <= ACPI_STATE_D3_COLD) {
 			/* Fall back to D3cold if ret is not a valid state. */