diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c
index e1c413120469..a064dfd8877a 100644
--- a/kernel/power/main.c
+++ b/kernel/power/main.c
@@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ static inline int valid_state(suspend_state_t state)
 	if (state == PM_SUSPEND_DISK)
 		return 1;
 
-	if (pm_ops && pm_ops->valid && !pm_ops->valid(state))
+	/* all other states need lowlevel support and need to be
+	 * valid to the lowlevel implementation, no valid callback
+	 * implies that all are valid. */
+	if (!pm_ops || (pm_ops->valid && !pm_ops->valid(state)))
 		return 0;
 	return 1;
 }