diff --git a/hw/virtio/trace-events b/hw/virtio/trace-events
index a87c5f39a2..8f8d05cf9b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/trace-events
+++ b/hw/virtio/trace-events
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(void *dev) "dev: %p"
 vhost_vdpa_dump_config(void *dev, const char *line) "dev: %p %s"
 vhost_vdpa_set_config(void *dev, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size, uint32_t flags) "dev: %p offset: %"PRIu32" size: %"PRIu32" flags: 0x%"PRIx32
 vhost_vdpa_get_config(void *dev, void *config, uint32_t config_len) "dev: %p config: %p config_len: %"PRIu32
+vhost_vdpa_suspend(void *dev) "dev: %p"
 vhost_vdpa_dev_start(void *dev, bool started) "dev: %p started: %d"
 vhost_vdpa_set_log_base(void *dev, uint64_t base, unsigned long long size, int refcnt, int fd, void *log) "dev: %p base: 0x%"PRIx64" size: %llu refcnt: %d fd: %d log: %p"
 vhost_vdpa_set_vring_addr(void *dev, unsigned int index, unsigned int flags, uint64_t desc_user_addr, uint64_t used_user_addr, uint64_t avail_user_addr, uint64_t log_guest_addr) "dev: %p index: %u flags: 0x%x desc_user_addr: 0x%"PRIx64" used_user_addr: 0x%"PRIx64" avail_user_addr: 0x%"PRIx64" log_guest_addr: 0x%"PRIx64
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
index 517e3cdc8d..aecc01c6a7 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
@@ -692,11 +692,13 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_get_device_id(struct vhost_dev *dev,
 
 static int vhost_vdpa_reset_device(struct vhost_dev *dev)
 {
+    struct vhost_vdpa *v = dev->opaque;
     int ret;
     uint8_t status = 0;
 
     ret = vhost_vdpa_call(dev, VHOST_VDPA_SET_STATUS, &status);
     trace_vhost_vdpa_reset_device(dev, status);
+    v->suspended = false;
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1095,6 +1097,29 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_svqs_stop(struct vhost_dev *dev)
     }
 }
 
+static void vhost_vdpa_suspend(struct vhost_dev *dev)
+{
+    struct vhost_vdpa *v = dev->opaque;
+    int r;
+
+    if (!vhost_vdpa_first_dev(dev)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (dev->backend_cap & BIT_ULL(VHOST_BACKEND_F_SUSPEND)) {
+        trace_vhost_vdpa_suspend(dev);
+        r = ioctl(v->device_fd, VHOST_VDPA_SUSPEND);
+        if (unlikely(r)) {
+            error_report("Cannot suspend: %s(%d)", g_strerror(errno), errno);
+        } else {
+            v->suspended = true;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    vhost_vdpa_reset_device(dev);
+}
+
 static int vhost_vdpa_dev_start(struct vhost_dev *dev, bool started)
 {
     struct vhost_vdpa *v = dev->opaque;
@@ -1109,6 +1134,7 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_dev_start(struct vhost_dev *dev, bool started)
         }
         vhost_vdpa_set_vring_ready(dev);
     } else {
+        vhost_vdpa_suspend(dev);
         vhost_vdpa_svqs_stop(dev);
         vhost_vdpa_host_notifiers_uninit(dev, dev->nvqs);
     }