diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
index 4b33e3fd726bb4b2664dbc3c8ff66d0cef71be3d..d19ff5145e8260fff0eb102bbbfcd7b058b85eeb 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ static int __devinit omap_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 
 err_misc:
+	pm_runtime_disable(wdev->dev);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	iounmap(wdev->base);
 
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ static int __devexit omap_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct omap_wdt_dev *wdev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct resource *res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 
+	pm_runtime_disable(wdev->dev);
 	if (!res)
 		return -ENOENT;