diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
index 3cd9e44680e9..14ac2d2faf7c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
@@ -972,12 +972,12 @@ static void ipa_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 		if (ret) {
 			/*
-			 * Not cleaning up here properly might also yield a
-			 * crash later on. As the device is still unregistered
-			 * in this case, this might even yield a crash later on.
+			 * Continuing teardown after failing to stop the modem
+			 * could crash, so leave the remaining resources allocated.
 			 */
 			dev_err(dev, "Failed to stop modem (%pe), leaking resources\n",
 				ERR_PTR(ret));
+			pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
 			return;
 		}