diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c
index 359302f71f7e..ae7f9357bb87 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ static int rti_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
+		pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 		return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "runtime pm failed\n");
 	}