diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_drv_interface.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_drv_interface.c
index 620da1d1b9e3..27a9653aa3d9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_drv_interface.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst_drv_interface.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static int sst_power_control(struct device *dev, bool state)
 
 		dev_dbg(ctx->dev, "Enable: pm usage count: %d\n", usage_count);
 		if (ret < 0) {
+			pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
 			dev_err(ctx->dev, "Runtime get failed with err: %d\n", ret);
 			return ret;
 		}
@@ -204,8 +205,10 @@ static int sst_cdev_open(struct device *dev,
 	struct intel_sst_drv *ctx = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 	retval = pm_runtime_get_sync(ctx->dev);
-	if (retval < 0)
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		pm_runtime_put_sync(ctx->dev);
 		return retval;
+	}
 
 	str_id = sst_get_stream(ctx, str_params);
 	if (str_id > 0) {
@@ -672,8 +675,10 @@ static int sst_send_byte_stream(struct device *dev,
 	if (NULL == bytes)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	ret_val = pm_runtime_get_sync(ctx->dev);
-	if (ret_val < 0)
+	if (ret_val < 0) {
+		pm_runtime_put_sync(ctx->dev);
 		return ret_val;
+	}
 
 	ret_val = sst_send_byte_stream_mrfld(ctx, bytes);
 	sst_pm_runtime_put(ctx);