unsigned int fmt)
 {
        struct davinci_mcasp *mcasp = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(cpu_dai);
+       int ret = 0;
 
+       pm_runtime_get_sync(mcasp->dev);
        switch (fmt & SND_SOC_DAIFMT_FORMAT_MASK) {
        case SND_SOC_DAIFMT_DSP_B:
        case SND_SOC_DAIFMT_AC97:
                break;
 
        default:
-               return -EINVAL;
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
        }
 
        switch (fmt & SND_SOC_DAIFMT_INV_MASK) {
                break;
 
        default:
-               return -EINVAL;
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               break;
        }
-
-       return 0;
+out:
+       pm_runtime_put_sync(mcasp->dev);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static int davinci_mcasp_set_clkdiv(struct snd_soc_dai *dai, int div_id, int div)
        case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_RESUME:
        case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START:
        case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_PAUSE_RELEASE:
-               ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(mcasp->dev);
-               if (IS_ERR_VALUE(ret))
-                       dev_err(mcasp->dev, "pm_runtime_get_sync() failed\n");
                davinci_mcasp_start(mcasp, substream->stream);
                break;
-
        case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_SUSPEND:
-               davinci_mcasp_stop(mcasp, substream->stream);
-               ret = pm_runtime_put_sync(mcasp->dev);
-               if (IS_ERR_VALUE(ret))
-                       dev_err(mcasp->dev, "pm_runtime_put_sync() failed\n");
-               break;
-
        case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP:
        case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_PAUSE_PUSH:
                davinci_mcasp_stop(mcasp, substream->stream);