diff --git a/drivers/base/power/domain.c b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
index 65f50eccd49b..a48824deabc5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/domain.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ int pm_genpd_remove_subdomain(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd,
 
 	mutex_lock(&genpd->lock);
 
-	if (!list_empty(&subdomain->slave_links) || subdomain->device_count) {
+	if (!list_empty(&subdomain->master_links) || subdomain->device_count) {
 		pr_warn("%s: unable to remove subdomain %s\n", genpd->name,
 			subdomain->name);
 		ret = -EBUSY;