diff --git a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_debugfs.c b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_debugfs.c
index 8d50981594d1..eccedb0c8886 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_debugfs.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ ivpu_force_recovery_fn(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf, size_t si
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = ivpu_rpm_get(vdev);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
 	ivpu_pm_trigger_recovery(vdev, "debugfs");
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static int dct_active_set(void *data, u64 active_percent)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = ivpu_rpm_get(vdev);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (active_percent)
diff --git a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_ms.c b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_ms.c
index 2f9d37f5c208..dfb75c8b52ce 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_ms.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_ms.c
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ int ivpu_ms_start_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *fil
 	    args->sampling_period_ns < MS_MIN_SAMPLE_PERIOD_NS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	ret = ivpu_rpm_get(vdev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	mutex_lock(&file_priv->ms_lock);
 
 	if (get_instance_by_mask(file_priv, args->metric_group_mask)) {
@@ -96,6 +100,8 @@ err_free_ms:
 	kfree(ms);
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&file_priv->ms_lock);
+
+	ivpu_rpm_put(vdev);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -160,6 +166,10 @@ int ivpu_ms_get_data_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *
 	if (!args->metric_group_mask)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	ret = ivpu_rpm_get(vdev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	mutex_lock(&file_priv->ms_lock);
 
 	ms = get_instance_by_mask(file_priv, args->metric_group_mask);
@@ -187,6 +197,7 @@ int ivpu_ms_get_data_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&file_priv->ms_lock);
 
+	ivpu_rpm_put(vdev);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -204,11 +215,17 @@ int ivpu_ms_stop_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file
 {
 	struct ivpu_file_priv *file_priv = file->driver_priv;
 	struct drm_ivpu_metric_streamer_stop *args = data;
+	struct ivpu_device *vdev = file_priv->vdev;
 	struct ivpu_ms_instance *ms;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!args->metric_group_mask)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	ret = ivpu_rpm_get(vdev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	mutex_lock(&file_priv->ms_lock);
 
 	ms = get_instance_by_mask(file_priv, args->metric_group_mask);
@@ -217,6 +234,7 @@ int ivpu_ms_stop_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file
 
 	mutex_unlock(&file_priv->ms_lock);
 
+	ivpu_rpm_put(vdev);
 	return ms ? 0 : -EINVAL;
 }