diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index 119d67f..40d8592 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -161,14 +161,10 @@
 		goto out;
 	cd = scsi_cd(disk);
 	kref_get(&cd->kref);
-	if (scsi_device_get(cd->device))
-		goto out_put;
-	if (!scsi_autopm_get_device(cd->device))
-		goto out;
-
- out_put:
-	kref_put(&cd->kref, sr_kref_release);
-	cd = NULL;
+	if (scsi_device_get(cd->device)) {
+		kref_put(&cd->kref, sr_kref_release);
+		cd = NULL;
+	}
  out:
 	mutex_unlock(&sr_ref_mutex);
 	return cd;
@@ -180,7 +176,6 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&sr_ref_mutex);
 	kref_put(&cd->kref, sr_kref_release);
-	scsi_autopm_put_device(sdev);
 	scsi_device_put(sdev);
 	mutex_unlock(&sr_ref_mutex);
 }
@@ -558,8 +553,6 @@
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	int ret;
 
-	scsi_autopm_get_device(cd->device);
-
 	mutex_lock(&sr_mutex);
 
 	/*
@@ -591,7 +584,6 @@
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&sr_mutex);
-	scsi_autopm_put_device(cd->device);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -599,17 +591,11 @@
 					  unsigned int clearing)
 {
 	struct scsi_cd *cd = scsi_cd(disk);
-	unsigned int ret;
 
-	if (atomic_read(&cd->device->disk_events_disable_depth) == 0) {
-		scsi_autopm_get_device(cd->device);
-		ret = cdrom_check_events(&cd->cdi, clearing);
-		scsi_autopm_put_device(cd->device);
-	} else {
-		ret = 0;
-	}
+	if (atomic_read(&cd->device->disk_events_disable_depth))
+		return 0;
 
-	return ret;
+	return cdrom_check_events(&cd->cdi, clearing);
 }
 
 static int sr_block_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
@@ -617,8 +603,6 @@
 	struct scsi_cd *cd = scsi_cd(disk);
 	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 
-	scsi_autopm_get_device(cd->device);
-
 	/* if the unit is not ready, nothing more to do */
 	if (scsi_test_unit_ready(cd->device, SR_TIMEOUT, MAX_RETRIES, &sshdr))
 		goto out;
@@ -626,7 +610,6 @@
 	sr_cd_check(&cd->cdi);
 	get_sectorsize(cd);
 out:
-	scsi_autopm_put_device(cd->device);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -747,6 +730,12 @@
 	if (register_cdrom(&cd->cdi))
 		goto fail_put;
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize block layer runtime PM stuffs before the
+	 * periodic event checking request gets started in add_disk.
+	 */
+	blk_pm_runtime_init(sdev->request_queue, dev);
+
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, cd);
 	disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
 	add_disk(disk);