diff --git a/kernel/power/disk.c b/kernel/power/disk.c
index b1fb7866b0b31d65ccea5946aa22e9c2881e0322..d79feeb45459f49ac0856e49d604255cfe768646 100644
--- a/kernel/power/disk.c
+++ b/kernel/power/disk.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 static int noresume = 0;
 char resume_file[256] = CONFIG_PM_STD_PARTITION;
 dev_t swsusp_resume_device;
+sector_t swsusp_resume_block;
 
 /**
  *	power_down - Shut machine down for hibernate.
@@ -423,6 +424,19 @@ static int __init resume_setup(char *str)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int __init resume_offset_setup(char *str)
+{
+	unsigned long long offset;
+
+	if (noresume)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (sscanf(str, "%llu", &offset) == 1)
+		swsusp_resume_block = offset;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int __init noresume_setup(char *str)
 {
 	noresume = 1;
@@ -430,4 +444,5 @@ static int __init noresume_setup(char *str)
 }
 
 __setup("noresume", noresume_setup);
+__setup("resume_offset=", resume_offset_setup);
 __setup("resume=", resume_setup);
diff --git a/kernel/power/power.h b/kernel/power/power.h
index 210ebba26020bce5ec1c4666e14ba732a86faac9..adaf7d4fbdaf468f6b99131572ec5c95904384a3 100644
--- a/kernel/power/power.h
+++ b/kernel/power/power.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ extern const void __nosave_begin, __nosave_end;
 extern unsigned long image_size;
 extern int in_suspend;
 extern dev_t swsusp_resume_device;
+extern sector_t swsusp_resume_block;
 
 extern asmlinkage int swsusp_arch_suspend(void);
 extern asmlinkage int swsusp_arch_resume(void);
diff --git a/kernel/power/swap.c b/kernel/power/swap.c
index 1b08f46bbb7ea1cabeee5ce6c8914a2dc028cc86..aa5a9bff01f14c4727c2ba97e810cbd109733d36 100644
--- a/kernel/power/swap.c
+++ b/kernel/power/swap.c
@@ -161,13 +161,14 @@ static int mark_swapfiles(sector_t start)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	bio_read_page(0, &swsusp_header, NULL);
+	bio_read_page(swsusp_resume_block, &swsusp_header, NULL);
 	if (!memcmp("SWAP-SPACE",swsusp_header.sig, 10) ||
 	    !memcmp("SWAPSPACE2",swsusp_header.sig, 10)) {
 		memcpy(swsusp_header.orig_sig,swsusp_header.sig, 10);
 		memcpy(swsusp_header.sig,SWSUSP_SIG, 10);
 		swsusp_header.image = start;
-		error = bio_write_page(0, &swsusp_header, NULL);
+		error = bio_write_page(swsusp_resume_block,
+					&swsusp_header, NULL);
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "swsusp: Swap header not found!\n");
 		error = -ENODEV;
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ static int swsusp_swap_check(void) /* This is called before saving image */
 {
 	int res;
 
-	res = swap_type_of(swsusp_resume_device, 0);
+	res = swap_type_of(swsusp_resume_device, swsusp_resume_block);
 	if (res < 0)
 		return res;
 
@@ -610,12 +611,16 @@ int swsusp_check(void)
 	if (!IS_ERR(resume_bdev)) {
 		set_blocksize(resume_bdev, PAGE_SIZE);
 		memset(&swsusp_header, 0, sizeof(swsusp_header));
-		if ((error = bio_read_page(0, &swsusp_header, NULL)))
+		error = bio_read_page(swsusp_resume_block,
+					&swsusp_header, NULL);
+		if (error)
 			return error;
+
 		if (!memcmp(SWSUSP_SIG, swsusp_header.sig, 10)) {
 			memcpy(swsusp_header.sig, swsusp_header.orig_sig, 10);
 			/* Reset swap signature now */
-			error = bio_write_page(0, &swsusp_header, NULL);
+			error = bio_write_page(swsusp_resume_block,
+						&swsusp_header, NULL);
 		} else {
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}