diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/sh_tmu.c b/drivers/clocksource/sh_tmu.c
index 80813576861781194f235f52507480e1d44a92f7..17296288a2052ef757a5e22b6a0d3e52d37036ee 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/sh_tmu.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/sh_tmu.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
+#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/clocksource.h>
@@ -109,10 +110,12 @@ static int sh_tmu_enable(struct sh_tmu_priv *p)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	/* enable clock */
+	/* wake up device and enable clock */
+	pm_runtime_get_sync(&p->pdev->dev);
 	ret = clk_enable(p->clk);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&p->pdev->dev, "cannot enable clock\n");
+		pm_runtime_put_sync(&p->pdev->dev);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -141,8 +144,9 @@ static void sh_tmu_disable(struct sh_tmu_priv *p)
 	/* disable interrupts in TMU block */
 	sh_tmu_write(p, TCR, 0x0000);
 
-	/* stop clock */
+	/* stop clock and mark device as idle */
 	clk_disable(p->clk);
+	pm_runtime_put_sync(&p->pdev->dev);
 }
 
 static void sh_tmu_set_next(struct sh_tmu_priv *p, unsigned long delta,
@@ -411,6 +415,7 @@ static int __devinit sh_tmu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (p) {
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "kept as earlytimer\n");
+		pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -425,6 +430,9 @@ static int __devinit sh_tmu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		kfree(p);
 		platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	}
+
+	if (!is_early_platform_device(pdev))
+		pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 	return ret;
 }