diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-client-ipc-flood-test.c b/sound/soc/sof/sof-client-ipc-flood-test.c
index db3a052c5dd2..4bdecd80248a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-client-ipc-flood-test.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-client-ipc-flood-test.c
@@ -217,10 +217,9 @@ static ssize_t sof_ipc_flood_dfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf
 			ipc_count = MAX_IPC_FLOOD_COUNT;
 	}
 
-	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
+	ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(dev);
 	if (ret < 0 && ret != -EACCES) {
 		dev_err_ratelimited(dev, "debugfs write failed to resume %d\n", ret);
-		pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
 		goto out;
 	}