diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
index 17a39ed63769..b589cf6b1d03 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ 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;
 	}
@@ -545,6 +546,7 @@ 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);
 		return ret;