diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
index e3e764167765..7b7a380b1245 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
@@ -785,8 +785,7 @@ static void skl_remove(struct pci_dev *pci)
 
 	release_firmware(skl->tplg);
 
-	if (pci_dev_run_wake(pci))
-		pm_runtime_get_noresume(&pci->dev);
+	pm_runtime_get_noresume(&pci->dev);
 
 	/* codec removal, invoke bus_device_remove */
 	snd_hdac_ext_bus_device_remove(ebus);