diff --git a/drivers/crypto/stm32/stm32-crc32.c b/drivers/crypto/stm32/stm32-crc32.c
index fb640e0ea614..2ecc970f5cae 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/stm32/stm32-crc32.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/stm32/stm32-crc32.c
@@ -332,8 +332,10 @@ static int stm32_crc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct stm32_crc *crc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	int ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(crc->dev);
 
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pm_runtime_put_noidle(crc->dev);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock(&crc_list.lock);
 	list_del(&crc->list);