diff --git a/drivers/crypto/omap-aes.c b/drivers/crypto/omap-aes.c
index 6aa425fe0ed5..1e5a17adefe4 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/omap-aes.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/omap-aes.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static void omap_aes_finish_req(struct omap_aes_dev *dd, int err)
 
 	pr_debug("err: %d\n", err);
 
-	pm_runtime_put_sync(dd->dev);
+	pm_runtime_put(dd->dev);
 	dd->flags &= ~FLAGS_BUSY;
 
 	req->base.complete(&req->base, err);