rt700->hs_jack = hs_jack;
 
+       /* we can only resume if the device was initialized at least once */
+       if (!rt700->first_hw_init)
+               return 0;
+
        ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(component->dev);
        if (ret < 0) {
                if (ret != -EACCES) {
 
        rt700->component = component;
 
+       if (!rt700->first_hw_init)
+               return 0;
+
        ret = pm_runtime_resume(component->dev);
        if (ret < 0 && ret != -EACCES)
                return ret;
                                &soc_codec_dev_rt700,
                                rt700_dai,
                                ARRAY_SIZE(rt700_dai));
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+
+       /* set autosuspend parameters */
+       pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(dev, 3000);
+       pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(dev);
+
+       /* make sure the device does not suspend immediately */
+       pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(dev);
 
+       pm_runtime_enable(dev);
+
+       /* important note: the device is NOT tagged as 'active' and will remain
+        * 'suspended' until the hardware is enumerated/initialized. This is required
+        * to make sure the ASoC framework use of pm_runtime_get_sync() does not silently
+        * fail with -EACCESS because of race conditions between card creation and enumeration
+        */
        dev_dbg(&slave->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 
-       return ret;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 int rt700_io_init(struct device *dev, struct sdw_slave *slave)
        /*
         * PM runtime is only enabled when a Slave reports as Attached
         */
-       if (!rt700->first_hw_init) {
-               /* set autosuspend parameters */
-               pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(&slave->dev, 3000);
-               pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(&slave->dev);
-
-               /* update count of parent 'active' children */
+       if (!rt700->first_hw_init)
+               /* PM runtime status is marked as 'active' only when a Slave reports as Attached */
                pm_runtime_set_active(&slave->dev);
 
-               /* make sure the device does not suspend immediately */
-               pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&slave->dev);
-
-               pm_runtime_enable(&slave->dev);
-       }
-
        pm_runtime_get_noresume(&slave->dev);
 
        /* reset */