diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index d93891a05f6033638916d7eda0a560110dcaf4ef..3371e4a0624838516a7ae6bbb62862fd17eed711 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -518,10 +518,11 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
 {
 	struct device_node *node;
 
+	device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause();
+
 	if (!of_have_populated_dt())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause();
 	/*
 	 * Handle certain compatibles explicitly, since we don't want to create
 	 * platform_devices for every node in /reserved-memory with a
@@ -545,8 +546,7 @@ arch_initcall_sync(of_platform_default_populate_init);
 
 static int __init of_platform_sync_state_init(void)
 {
-	if (of_have_populated_dt())
-		device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume();
+	device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume();
 	return 0;
 }
 late_initcall_sync(of_platform_sync_state_init);