diff --git a/drivers/char/apm-emulation.c b/drivers/char/apm-emulation.c
index a7346ab97a3c22002ffc6948321ca24b1720b8f9..2a2b8fd708c11a6d1772fd2e5b4b11502c6fdf1c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/apm-emulation.c
+++ b/drivers/char/apm-emulation.c
@@ -300,17 +300,13 @@ apm_ioctl(struct file *filp, u_int cmd, u_long arg)
 			/*
 			 * Wait for the suspend/resume to complete.  If there
 			 * are pending acknowledges, we wait here for them.
+			 * wait_event_freezable() is interruptible and pending
+			 * signal can cause busy looping.  We aren't doing
+			 * anything critical, chill a bit on each iteration.
 			 */
-			freezer_do_not_count();
-
-			wait_event(apm_suspend_waitqueue,
-				   as->suspend_state == SUSPEND_DONE);
-
-			/*
-			 * Since we are waiting until the suspend is done, the
-			 * try_to_freeze() in freezer_count() will not trigger
-			 */
-			freezer_count();
+			while (wait_event_freezable(apm_suspend_waitqueue,
+					as->suspend_state == SUSPEND_DONE))
+				msleep(10);
 			break;
 		case SUSPEND_ACKTO:
 			as->suspend_result = -ETIMEDOUT;