diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
index 626ad8cad7a9..7b6689af0cce 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/dmtimer.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(omap_dm_timer_enable);
 
 void omap_dm_timer_disable(struct omap_dm_timer *timer)
 {
-	pm_runtime_put(&timer->pdev->dev);
+	pm_runtime_put_sync(&timer->pdev->dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(omap_dm_timer_disable);