diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
index df9a3f14d759c40c5e4bc9ca523b0b067c75e15f..4c80d2adac7050b95224d8975dfdc0c8f878860c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
@@ -2286,6 +2286,7 @@ void intel_runtime_pm_put(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	struct drm_device *dev = dev_priv->dev;
 	struct device *device = &dev->pdev->dev;
 
+	assert_rpm_wakelock_held(dev_priv);
 	atomic_dec(&dev_priv->pm.wakeref_count);
 
 	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(device);