dev_dbg(ctx->dev, "Enable: pm usage count: %d\n", usage_count);
                if (ret < 0) {
+                       pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
                        dev_err(ctx->dev, "Runtime get failed with err: %d\n", ret);
                        return ret;
                }
        struct intel_sst_drv *ctx = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
        retval = pm_runtime_get_sync(ctx->dev);
-       if (retval < 0)
+       if (retval < 0) {
+               pm_runtime_put_sync(ctx->dev);
                return retval;
+       }
 
        str_id = sst_get_stream(ctx, str_params);
        if (str_id > 0) {
        if (NULL == bytes)
                return -EINVAL;
        ret_val = pm_runtime_get_sync(ctx->dev);
-       if (ret_val < 0)
+       if (ret_val < 0) {
+               pm_runtime_put_sync(ctx->dev);
                return ret_val;
+       }
 
        ret_val = sst_send_byte_stream_mrfld(ctx, bytes);
        sst_pm_runtime_put(ctx);