diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c
index ef77e1417ba814dc20a4ccdb03e8e236d5b08b9a..6e28f707092f07219bb84c09bebaabc287a600d7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c
@@ -423,9 +423,12 @@ static void ltdc_crtc_atomic_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 				    struct drm_crtc_state *old_state)
 {
 	struct ltdc_device *ldev = crtc_to_ltdc(crtc);
+	struct drm_device *ddev = crtc->dev;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("\n");
 
+	pm_runtime_get_sync(ddev->dev);
+
 	/* Sets the background color value */
 	reg_write(ldev->regs, LTDC_BCCR, BCCR_BCBLACK);