diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index b6ce880ddd15..675e16e61ebd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -1257,8 +1257,15 @@ static int ufshcd_devfreq_target(struct device *dev,
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, irq_flags);
 
+	pm_runtime_get_noresume(hba->dev);
+	if (!pm_runtime_active(hba->dev)) {
+		pm_runtime_put_noidle(hba->dev);
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	start = ktime_get();
 	ret = ufshcd_devfreq_scale(hba, scale_up);
+	pm_runtime_put(hba->dev);
 
 	trace_ufshcd_profile_clk_scaling(dev_name(hba->dev),
 		(scale_up ? "up" : "down"),