diff --git a/hif/src/hif_runtime_pm.c b/hif/src/hif_runtime_pm.c
index e22f44ff2079..061558aca878 100644
--- a/hif/src/hif_runtime_pm.c
+++ b/hif/src/hif_runtime_pm.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ int hif_pm_runtime_get(struct hif_opaque_softc *hif_ctx,
 		if (ret > 0)
 			ret = 0;
 
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret < 0)
 			hif_pm_runtime_put(hif_ctx, rtpm_dbgid);
 
 		if (ret && ret != -EINPROGRESS) {