diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 8dde934f8d15..755451f684bc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2664,7 +2664,11 @@ void device_shutdown(void)
 		pm_runtime_get_noresume(dev);
 		pm_runtime_barrier(dev);
 
-		if (dev->bus && dev->bus->shutdown) {
+		if (dev->class && dev->class->shutdown) {
+			if (initcall_debug)
+				dev_info(dev, "shutdown\n");
+			dev->class->shutdown(dev);
+		} else if (dev->bus && dev->bus->shutdown) {
 			if (initcall_debug)
 				dev_info(dev, "shutdown\n");
 			dev->bus->shutdown(dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 6baa1238f158..723cd54b94da 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ int subsys_virtual_register(struct bus_type *subsys,
  * @suspend:	Used to put the device to sleep mode, usually to a low power
  *		state.
  * @resume:	Used to bring the device from the sleep mode.
+ * @shutdown:	Called at shut-down time to quiesce the device.
  * @ns_type:	Callbacks so sysfs can detemine namespaces.
  * @namespace:	Namespace of the device belongs to this class.
  * @pm:		The default device power management operations of this class.
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ struct class {
 
 	int (*suspend)(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state);
 	int (*resume)(struct device *dev);
+	int (*shutdown)(struct device *dev);
 
 	const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ns_type;
 	const void *(*namespace)(struct device *dev);