diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c b/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
index 904c85d61c87..96a1da7c620d 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
@@ -753,11 +753,9 @@ static int vmd_pm_enable_quirk(struct pci_dev *pdev, void *userdata)
 
 	pdev->aspm_os_control = 1;
 
-	pci_enable_link_state_locked(pdev, PCIE_LINK_STATE_ALL);
-
 	pos = pci_find_ext_capability(pdev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_LTR);
 	if (!pos)
-		return 0;
+		goto out_state_change;
 
 	/*
 	 * Skip if the max snoop LTR is non-zero, indicating BIOS has set it
@@ -765,7 +763,7 @@ static int vmd_pm_enable_quirk(struct pci_dev *pdev, void *userdata)
 	 */
 	pci_read_config_dword(pdev, pos + PCI_LTR_MAX_SNOOP_LAT, &ltr_reg);
 	if (!!(ltr_reg & (PCI_LTR_VALUE_MASK | PCI_LTR_SCALE_MASK)))
-		return 0;
+		goto out_state_change;
 
 	/*
 	 * Set the default values to the maximum required by the platform to
@@ -777,6 +775,13 @@ static int vmd_pm_enable_quirk(struct pci_dev *pdev, void *userdata)
 	pci_write_config_dword(pdev, pos + PCI_LTR_MAX_SNOOP_LAT, ltr_reg);
 	pci_info(pdev, "VMD: Default LTR value set by driver\n");
 
+out_state_change:
+	/*
+	 * Ensure devices are in D0 before enabling PCI-PM L1 PM Substates, per
+	 * PCIe r6.0, sec 5.5.4.
+	 */
+	pci_set_power_state_locked(pdev, PCI_D0);
+	pci_enable_link_state_locked(pdev, PCIE_LINK_STATE_ALL);
 	return 0;
 }