diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 87fe8a85a2a6..4209fb39f644 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -1055,9 +1055,14 @@ int ata_scsi_dev_config(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct ata_device *dev)
 		 * Ask the sd driver to issue START STOP UNIT on runtime suspend
 		 * and resume and shutdown only. For system level suspend/resume,
 		 * devices power state is handled directly by libata EH.
+		 * Given that disks are always spun up on system resume, also
+		 * make sure that the sd driver forces runtime suspended disks
+		 * to be resumed to correctly reflect the power state of the
+		 * device.
 		 */
 		sdev->manage_runtime_start_stop = 1;
 		sdev->manage_shutdown = 1;
+		sdev->force_runtime_start_on_system_start = 1;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 6effa13039f3..e17509f0b3fa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -3953,8 +3953,15 @@ static int sd_resume(struct device *dev, bool runtime)
 
 static int sd_resume_system(struct device *dev)
 {
-	if (pm_runtime_suspended(dev))
+	if (pm_runtime_suspended(dev)) {
+		struct scsi_disk *sdkp = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+		struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp ? sdkp->device : NULL;
+
+		if (sdp && sdp->force_runtime_start_on_system_start)
+			pm_request_resume(dev);
+
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	return sd_resume(dev, false);
 }
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
index b919ed24220d..8fa1153f37cb 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ struct scsi_device {
 	 */
 	unsigned manage_shutdown:1;
 
+	/*
+	 * If set and if the device is runtime suspended, ask the high-level
+	 * device driver (sd) to force a runtime resume of the device.
+	 */
+	unsigned force_runtime_start_on_system_start:1;
+
 	unsigned removable:1;
 	unsigned changed:1;	/* Data invalid due to media change */
 	unsigned busy:1;	/* Used to prevent races */