2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index d57e8d0fb823..e9e5238f3106 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -168,4 +168,11 @@ config SYS_HYPERVISOR
         bool
         default n
 
+config ARCH_NO_SYSDEV_OPS
+        bool
+        ---help---
+          To be selected by architectures that don't use sysdev class or
+          sysdev driver power management (suspend/resume) and shutdown
+          operations.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/base/sys.c b/drivers/base/sys.c
index f6fb54741602..fbe72da6c414 100644
--- a/drivers/base/sys.c
+++ b/drivers/base/sys.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void sysdev_unregister(struct sys_device *sysdev)
 }
 
 
-
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSDEV_OPS
 /**
  *      sysdev_shutdown - Shut down all system devices.
  *
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ int sysdev_resume(void)
         return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysdev_resume);
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSDEV_OPS */
 
 int __init system_bus_init(void)
 {