diff --git a/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c b/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c
index e6ee5e80e546..79715e7fa43e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/wakeup.c
@@ -382,6 +382,12 @@ static void wakeup_source_activate(struct wakeup_source *ws)
 {
 	unsigned int cec;
 
+	/*
+	 * active wakeup source should bring the system
+	 * out of PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE state
+	 */
+	freeze_wake();
+
 	ws->active = true;
 	ws->active_count++;
 	ws->last_time = ktime_get();
diff --git a/include/linux/suspend.h b/include/linux/suspend.h
index 0c808d7fa579..d4e3f16d5e89 100644
--- a/include/linux/suspend.h
+++ b/include/linux/suspend.h
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ static inline void pm_restore_console(void)
 typedef int __bitwise suspend_state_t;
 
 #define PM_SUSPEND_ON		((__force suspend_state_t) 0)
-#define PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY	((__force suspend_state_t) 1)
+#define PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE	((__force suspend_state_t) 1)
+#define PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY	((__force suspend_state_t) 2)
 #define PM_SUSPEND_MEM		((__force suspend_state_t) 3)
+#define PM_SUSPEND_MIN		PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE
 #define PM_SUSPEND_MAX		((__force suspend_state_t) 4)
 
 enum suspend_stat_step {
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ struct platform_suspend_ops {
  */
 extern void suspend_set_ops(const struct platform_suspend_ops *ops);
 extern int suspend_valid_only_mem(suspend_state_t state);
+extern void freeze_wake(void);
 
 /**
  * arch_suspend_disable_irqs - disable IRQs for suspend
@@ -217,6 +220,7 @@ extern int pm_suspend(suspend_state_t state);
 
 static inline void suspend_set_ops(const struct platform_suspend_ops *ops) {}
 static inline int pm_suspend(suspend_state_t state) { return -ENOSYS; }
+static inline void freeze_wake(void) {}
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SUSPEND */
 
 /* struct pbe is used for creating lists of pages that should be restored
diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c
index 1c16f9167de1..b1c26a92ca9f 100644
--- a/kernel/power/main.c
+++ b/kernel/power/main.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static ssize_t state_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 static suspend_state_t decode_state(const char *buf, size_t n)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SUSPEND
-	suspend_state_t state = PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY;
+	suspend_state_t state = PM_SUSPEND_MIN;
 	const char * const *s;
 #endif
 	char *p;
diff --git a/kernel/power/suspend.c b/kernel/power/suspend.c
index c8b7446b27df..d4feda084a3a 100644
--- a/kernel/power/suspend.c
+++ b/kernel/power/suspend.c
@@ -30,12 +30,38 @@
 #include "power.h"
 
 const char *const pm_states[PM_SUSPEND_MAX] = {
+	[PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE]	= "freeze",
 	[PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY]	= "standby",
 	[PM_SUSPEND_MEM]	= "mem",
 };
 
 static const struct platform_suspend_ops *suspend_ops;
 
+static bool need_suspend_ops(suspend_state_t state)
+{
+	return !!(state > PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE);
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(suspend_freeze_wait_head);
+static bool suspend_freeze_wake;
+
+static void freeze_begin(void)
+{
+	suspend_freeze_wake = false;
+}
+
+static void freeze_enter(void)
+{
+	wait_event(suspend_freeze_wait_head, suspend_freeze_wake);
+}
+
+void freeze_wake(void)
+{
+	suspend_freeze_wake = true;
+	wake_up(&suspend_freeze_wait_head);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(freeze_wake);
+
 /**
  * suspend_set_ops - Set the global suspend method table.
  * @ops: Suspend operations to use.
@@ -50,8 +76,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(suspend_set_ops);
 
 bool valid_state(suspend_state_t state)
 {
+	if (state == PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE)
+		return true;
 	/*
-	 * All states need lowlevel support and need to be valid to the lowlevel
+	 * PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY and PM_SUSPEND_MEMORY states need lowlevel
+	 * support and need to be valid to the lowlevel
 	 * implementation, no valid callback implies that none are valid.
 	 */
 	return suspend_ops && suspend_ops->valid && suspend_ops->valid(state);
@@ -89,11 +118,11 @@ static int suspend_test(int level)
  * hibernation).  Run suspend notifiers, allocate the "suspend" console and
  * freeze processes.
  */
-static int suspend_prepare(void)
+static int suspend_prepare(suspend_state_t state)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if (!suspend_ops || !suspend_ops->enter)
+	if (need_suspend_ops(state) && (!suspend_ops || !suspend_ops->enter))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	pm_prepare_console();
@@ -137,7 +166,7 @@ static int suspend_enter(suspend_state_t state, bool *wakeup)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if (suspend_ops->prepare) {
+	if (need_suspend_ops(state) && suspend_ops->prepare) {
 		error = suspend_ops->prepare();
 		if (error)
 			goto Platform_finish;
@@ -149,12 +178,23 @@ static int suspend_enter(suspend_state_t state, bool *wakeup)
 		goto Platform_finish;
 	}
 
-	if (suspend_ops->prepare_late) {
+	if (need_suspend_ops(state) && suspend_ops->prepare_late) {
 		error = suspend_ops->prepare_late();
 		if (error)
 			goto Platform_wake;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE equals
+	 * frozen processes + suspended devices + idle processors.
+	 * Thus we should invoke freeze_enter() soon after
+	 * all the devices are suspended.
+	 */
+	if (state == PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE) {
+		freeze_enter();
+		goto Platform_wake;
+	}
+
 	if (suspend_test(TEST_PLATFORM))
 		goto Platform_wake;
 
@@ -182,13 +222,13 @@ static int suspend_enter(suspend_state_t state, bool *wakeup)
 	enable_nonboot_cpus();
 
  Platform_wake:
-	if (suspend_ops->wake)
+	if (need_suspend_ops(state) && suspend_ops->wake)
 		suspend_ops->wake();
 
 	dpm_resume_start(PMSG_RESUME);
 
  Platform_finish:
-	if (suspend_ops->finish)
+	if (need_suspend_ops(state) && suspend_ops->finish)
 		suspend_ops->finish();
 
 	return error;
@@ -203,11 +243,11 @@ int suspend_devices_and_enter(suspend_state_t state)
 	int error;
 	bool wakeup = false;
 
-	if (!suspend_ops)
+	if (need_suspend_ops(state) && !suspend_ops)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
 	trace_machine_suspend(state);
-	if (suspend_ops->begin) {
+	if (need_suspend_ops(state) && suspend_ops->begin) {
 		error = suspend_ops->begin(state);
 		if (error)
 			goto Close;
@@ -226,7 +266,7 @@ int suspend_devices_and_enter(suspend_state_t state)
 
 	do {
 		error = suspend_enter(state, &wakeup);
-	} while (!error && !wakeup
+	} while (!error && !wakeup && need_suspend_ops(state)
 		&& suspend_ops->suspend_again && suspend_ops->suspend_again());
 
  Resume_devices:
@@ -236,13 +276,13 @@ int suspend_devices_and_enter(suspend_state_t state)
 	ftrace_start();
 	resume_console();
  Close:
-	if (suspend_ops->end)
+	if (need_suspend_ops(state) && suspend_ops->end)
 		suspend_ops->end();
 	trace_machine_suspend(PWR_EVENT_EXIT);
 	return error;
 
  Recover_platform:
-	if (suspend_ops->recover)
+	if (need_suspend_ops(state) && suspend_ops->recover)
 		suspend_ops->recover();
 	goto Resume_devices;
 }
@@ -278,12 +318,15 @@ static int enter_state(suspend_state_t state)
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&pm_mutex))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
+	if (state == PM_SUSPEND_FREEZE)
+		freeze_begin();
+
 	printk(KERN_INFO "PM: Syncing filesystems ... ");
 	sys_sync();
 	printk("done.\n");
 
 	pr_debug("PM: Preparing system for %s sleep\n", pm_states[state]);
-	error = suspend_prepare();
+	error = suspend_prepare(state);
 	if (error)
 		goto Unlock;