diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
index f2ad6f49fb72efe4cc4b3f9114b7594b89922db6..a7a4b139b5f961c3b84b00d507c5f85a9294d526 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ nouveau_display_hpd_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(drm->dev->dev);
 noop:
-	pm_runtime_put_sync(drm->dev->dev);
+	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(dev->dev);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c
index 24ec5339efb46880bda75eae5eb41631b0a6b02b..a3c86499ff77cada91bb98a31cd78b93189ff219 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ nouveau_fbcon_set_suspend_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (state == FBINFO_STATE_RUNNING) {
 		nouveau_fbcon_hotplug_resume(drm->fbcon);
 		pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(drm->dev->dev);
-		pm_runtime_put_sync(drm->dev->dev);
+		pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(drm->dev->dev);
 	}
 }