diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_crtc.c
index e6cc47470e03094f42e02f676198399d16d70205..783890e8d43a2e4d24036c53ca468274181a3a4e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_crtc.c
@@ -525,9 +525,11 @@ int vc4_crtc_disable_at_boot(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = pm_runtime_put(&vc4_hdmi->pdev->dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	/*
+	 * post_crtc_powerdown will have called pm_runtime_put, so we
+	 * don't need it here otherwise we'll get the reference counting
+	 * wrong.
+	 */
 
 	return 0;
 }