diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 122b0372fdc9..148e81969e04 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1117,6 +1117,8 @@ static void __device_release_driver(struct device *dev, struct device *parent)
 
 	drv = dev->driver;
 	if (drv) {
+		pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
+
 		while (device_links_busy(dev)) {
 			__device_driver_unlock(dev, parent);
 
@@ -1128,12 +1130,12 @@ static void __device_release_driver(struct device *dev, struct device *parent)
 			 * have released the driver successfully while this one
 			 * was waiting, so check for that.
 			 */
-			if (dev->driver != drv)
+			if (dev->driver != drv) {
+				pm_runtime_put(dev);
 				return;
+			}
 		}
 
-		pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
-
 		driver_sysfs_remove(dev);
 
 		if (dev->bus)