diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
index 08746c85dea6d..3259bf02ba25e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ static int gbcodec_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err_ratelimited(dai->dev, "%d: Error during set_config\n",
 				    ret);
+		gb_pm_runtime_put_noidle(bundle);
 		mutex_unlock(&codec->lock);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -565,6 +566,7 @@ static int gbcodec_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		break;
 	}
 	if (ret) {
+		gb_pm_runtime_put_noidle(bundle);
 		mutex_unlock(&codec->lock);
 		dev_err_ratelimited(dai->dev, "set_data_size failed:%d\n",
 				    ret);