diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/pci_generic.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/pci_generic.c
index b6b8ea3a11f3..391ab146f501 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/pci_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/pci_generic.c
@@ -1452,6 +1452,7 @@ static void mhi_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	struct mhi_pci_device *mhi_pdev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl = &mhi_pdev->mhi_cntrl;
 
+	pm_runtime_forbid(&pdev->dev);
 	pci_disable_sriov(pdev);
 
 	if (pdev->is_physfn)