diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/suspend.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/suspend.c
index 91f7e678bae72e7f5e951919633ff15d6f12451a..fe865ea4df52c3dfaf29e36884d1554094596d90 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/suspend.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/suspend.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ void __save_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	asm volatile ("str %0"  : "=m" (ctxt->tr));
 
 	/* XMM0..XMM15 should be handled by kernel_fpu_begin(). */
-	/* EFER should be constant for kernel version, no need to handle it. */
 	/*
 	 * segment registers
 	 */
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ void __save_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	/*
 	 * control registers 
 	 */
+	rdmsrl(MSR_EFER, ctxt->efer);
 	asm volatile ("movq %%cr0, %0" : "=r" (ctxt->cr0));
 	asm volatile ("movq %%cr2, %0" : "=r" (ctxt->cr2));
 	asm volatile ("movq %%cr3, %0" : "=r" (ctxt->cr3));
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void __restore_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	/*
 	 * control registers
 	 */
+	wrmsrl(MSR_EFER, ctxt->efer);
 	asm volatile ("movq %0, %%cr8" :: "r" (ctxt->cr8));
 	asm volatile ("movq %0, %%cr4" :: "r" (ctxt->cr4));
 	asm volatile ("movq %0, %%cr3" :: "r" (ctxt->cr3));
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/suspend.h b/include/asm-x86_64/suspend.h
index bc7f81715e5e42acbafe9494f4c954277208fd9b..a42306c220d6dcd74851850af0e6090d86eca592 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/suspend.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/suspend.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct saved_context {
   	u16 ds, es, fs, gs, ss;
 	unsigned long gs_base, gs_kernel_base, fs_base;
 	unsigned long cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4, cr8;
+	unsigned long efer;
 	u16 gdt_pad;
 	u16 gdt_limit;
 	unsigned long gdt_base;