diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
index c19d340f6ba8..0ceca4457d3b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
@@ -1369,6 +1369,7 @@ static int serial_omap_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
 	struct uart_omap_port *up = platform_get_drvdata(dev);
 
+	pm_runtime_put_sync(up->dev);
 	pm_runtime_disable(up->dev);
 	uart_remove_one_port(&serial_omap_reg, &up->port);
 	pm_qos_remove_request(&up->pm_qos_request);