diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
index 6f17c935a6cf..39e93f631c37 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
@@ -283,11 +283,11 @@ static int omap_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		readl_relaxed(wdev->base + OMAP_WATCHDOG_REV) & 0xFF,
 		wdev->wdog.timeout);
 
-	pm_runtime_put_sync(wdev->dev);
-
 	if (early_enable)
 		omap_wdt_start(&wdev->wdog);
 
+	pm_runtime_put(wdev->dev);
+
 	return 0;
 }