diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
index 12aec173564ca6fdc6b6e15ab8a8dcc0c293c9a4..b2275d1b19b3af0d918c1de2e1756f8ee99bff7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
@@ -449,10 +449,9 @@ static int davinci_mdio_suspend(struct device *dev)
 	__raw_writel(ctrl, &data->regs->control);
 	wait_for_idle(data);
 
-	pm_runtime_put_sync(data->dev);
-
 	data->suspended = true;
 	spin_unlock(&data->lock);
+	pm_runtime_put_sync(data->dev);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -462,9 +461,9 @@ static int davinci_mdio_resume(struct device *dev)
 	struct davinci_mdio_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	u32 ctrl;
 
-	spin_lock(&data->lock);
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(data->dev);
 
+	spin_lock(&data->lock);
 	/* restart the scan state machine */
 	ctrl = __raw_readl(&data->regs->control);
 	ctrl |= CONTROL_ENABLE;