diff --git a/drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c b/drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c
index 5f1e37d23943..057906e3c16e 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ int arizona_clk32k_enable(struct arizona *arizona)
 			if (ret != 0)
 				goto err_ref;
 			ret = clk_prepare_enable(arizona->mclk[ARIZONA_MCLK1]);
-			if (ret != 0)
-				goto err_pm;
+			if (ret != 0) {
+				pm_runtime_put_sync(arizona->dev);
+				goto err_ref;
+			}
 			break;
 		case ARIZONA_32KZ_MCLK2:
 			ret = clk_prepare_enable(arizona->mclk[ARIZONA_MCLK2]);
@@ -67,8 +69,6 @@ int arizona_clk32k_enable(struct arizona *arizona)
 					 ARIZONA_CLK_32K_ENA);
 	}
 
-err_pm:
-	pm_runtime_put_sync(arizona->dev);
 err_ref:
 	if (ret != 0)
 		arizona->clk32k_ref--;