diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel.c b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel.c
index 22c096ce39ad765c6a50d26ff80e77158fe3bbf6..fdb101c485999f6a381372e90208dcc07de3740e 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel.c
@@ -536,6 +536,9 @@ static int bmc150_accel_set_power_state(struct bmc150_accel_data *data, bool on)
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(&data->client->dev,
 			"Failed: bmc150_accel_set_power_state for %d\n", on);
+		if (on)
+			pm_runtime_put_noidle(&data->client->dev);
+
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -811,6 +814,7 @@ static int bmc150_accel_write_event_config(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 
 	ret =  bmc150_accel_setup_any_motion_interrupt(data, state);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		bmc150_accel_set_power_state(data, false);
 		mutex_unlock(&data->mutex);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -1054,6 +1058,7 @@ static int bmc150_accel_data_rdy_trigger_set_state(struct iio_trigger *trig,
 	else
 		ret = bmc150_accel_setup_new_data_interrupt(data, state);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		bmc150_accel_set_power_state(data, false);
 		mutex_unlock(&data->mutex);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -1354,10 +1359,14 @@ static int bmc150_accel_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = i2c_get_clientdata(to_i2c_client(dev));
 	struct bmc150_accel_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
+	int ret;
 
 	dev_dbg(&data->client->dev,  __func__);
+	ret = bmc150_accel_set_mode(data, BMC150_ACCEL_SLEEP_MODE_SUSPEND, 0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -EAGAIN;
 
-	return bmc150_accel_set_mode(data, BMC150_ACCEL_SLEEP_MODE_SUSPEND, 0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int bmc150_accel_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)