regcache_cache_bypass(rt1318->regmap, true);
        } else {
                /*
-                * PM runtime is only enabled when a Slave reports as Attached
+                * PM runtime status is marked as 'active' only when a Slave reports as Attached
                 */
-
-               /* set autosuspend parameters */
-               pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(&slave->dev, 3000);
-               pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(&slave->dev);
-
                /* update count of parent 'active' children */
                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);
 
        rt1318->component = component;
 
+       if (!rt1318->first_hw_init)
+               return 0;
+
        ret = pm_runtime_resume(component->dev);
        dev_dbg(&rt1318->sdw_slave->dev, "%s pm_runtime_resume, ret=%d", __func__, ret);
        if (ret < 0 && ret != -EACCES)
                                &soc_component_sdw_rt1318,
                                rt1318_sdw_dai,
                                ARRAY_SIZE(rt1318_sdw_dai));
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+
+       /* set autosuspend parameters */
+       pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(dev, 3000);
+       pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(dev);
 
-       dev_dbg(&slave->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
+       /* 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(dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 
        return ret;
 }
 
 static int rt1318_sdw_remove(struct sdw_slave *slave)
 {
-       struct rt1318_sdw_priv *rt1318 = dev_get_drvdata(&slave->dev);
-
-       if (rt1318->first_hw_init)
-               pm_runtime_disable(&slave->dev);
+       pm_runtime_disable(&slave->dev);
 
        return 0;
 }