diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
index 0437537751bc..ebd83690ba48 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
@@ -602,8 +602,10 @@ static int _od_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = omap_device_enable(pdev);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev, "use pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend() in driver?\n");
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	return pm_generic_runtime_resume(dev);
 }