diff --git a/drivers/dma/ti/cppi41.c b/drivers/dma/ti/cppi41.c
index e507ec36c0d3..f8fa99402f12 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ti/cppi41.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ti/cppi41.c
@@ -585,9 +585,22 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *cppi41_dma_prep_slave_sg(
 	enum dma_transfer_direction dir, unsigned long tx_flags, void *context)
 {
 	struct cppi41_channel *c = to_cpp41_chan(chan);
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *txd = NULL;
+	struct cppi41_dd *cdd = c->cdd;
 	struct cppi41_desc *d;
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	unsigned int i;
+	int error;
+
+	error = pm_runtime_get(cdd->ddev.dev);
+	if (error < 0) {
+		pm_runtime_put_noidle(cdd->ddev.dev);
+
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (cdd->is_suspended)
+		goto err_out_not_ready;
 
 	d = c->desc;
 	for_each_sg(sgl, sg, sg_len, i) {
@@ -610,7 +623,13 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *cppi41_dma_prep_slave_sg(
 		d++;
 	}
 
-	return &c->txd;
+	txd = &c->txd;
+
+err_out_not_ready:
+	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(cdd->ddev.dev);
+	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(cdd->ddev.dev);
+
+	return txd;
 }
 
 static void cppi41_compute_td_desc(struct cppi41_desc *d)