diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 51626edc6a4c5b376e4d8ac6bbfb3f958d41884e..cccf98f66ff480ab255d0ae31cb8d1a212164481 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -4324,12 +4324,21 @@ static int stmmac_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev, void *addr)
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(priv->device);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pm_runtime_put_noidle(priv->device);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	ret = eth_mac_addr(ndev, addr);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto set_mac_error;
 
 	stmmac_set_umac_addr(priv, priv->hw, ndev->dev_addr, 0);
 
+set_mac_error:
+	pm_runtime_put(priv->device);
+
 	return ret;
 }