diff --git a/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c b/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c
index e54956ae93d3..81eb15a0cc42 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/device_pm.c
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ const char *acpi_power_state_string(int state)
  * This function does not update the device's power.state field, but it may
  * update its parent's power.state field (when the parent's power state is
  * unknown and the device's power state turns out to be D0).
+ *
+ * Also, it does not update power resource reference counters to ensure that
+ * the power state returned by it will be persistent and it may return a power
+ * state shallower than previously set by acpi_device_set_power() for @device
+ * (if that power state depends on any power resources).
  */
 int acpi_device_get_power(struct acpi_device *device, int *state)
 {
@@ -118,7 +123,6 @@ int acpi_device_get_power(struct acpi_device *device, int *state)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_device_get_power);
 
 static int acpi_dev_pm_explicit_set(struct acpi_device *adev, int state)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index f6157d4d637a..f4c2fe6be4f2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -139,8 +139,15 @@ int acpi_power_get_inferred_state(struct acpi_device *device, int *state);
 int acpi_power_on_resources(struct acpi_device *device, int state);
 int acpi_power_transition(struct acpi_device *device, int state);
 
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                              Device Power Management
+   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+int acpi_device_get_power(struct acpi_device *device, int *state);
 int acpi_wakeup_device_init(void);
 
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                                  Processor
+   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC
 void acpi_early_processor_set_pdc(void);
 #else
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index 4752ff0a9d9b..e85dc78f6875 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ int acpi_bus_get_status(struct acpi_device *device);
 
 int acpi_bus_set_power(acpi_handle handle, int state);
 const char *acpi_power_state_string(int state);
-int acpi_device_get_power(struct acpi_device *device, int *state);
 int acpi_device_set_power(struct acpi_device *device, int state);
 int acpi_bus_init_power(struct acpi_device *device);
 int acpi_device_fix_up_power(struct acpi_device *device);