diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
index 3d021f648c5d..c0d7ae766de4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
@@ -763,7 +763,9 @@ static irqreturn_t omap_gpio_irq_handler(int irq, void *gpiobank)
 	if (WARN_ON(!isr_reg))
 		goto exit;
 
-	pm_runtime_get_sync(bank->chip.parent);
+	if (WARN_ONCE(!pm_runtime_active(bank->chip.parent),
+		      "gpio irq%i while runtime suspended?\n", irq))
+		return IRQ_NONE;
 
 	while (1) {
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&bank->lock, lock_flags);
@@ -814,7 +816,6 @@ static irqreturn_t omap_gpio_irq_handler(int irq, void *gpiobank)
 		}
 	}
 exit:
-	pm_runtime_put(bank->chip.parent);
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
@@ -1466,7 +1467,6 @@ static int omap_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, bank);
 
 	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
-	pm_runtime_irq_safe(dev);
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
 
 	if (bank->is_mpuio)