diff --git a/arch/i386/power/cpu.c b/arch/i386/power/cpu.c
index d099d01461f45a2175235894b8dba7bb7cc19df1..0e6b45b612514669d9dbaf8df092b56a4b0d6fb9 100644
--- a/arch/i386/power/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/i386/power/cpu.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ void __save_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	 */
 	asm volatile ("sgdt %0" : "=m" (ctxt->gdt_limit));
 	asm volatile ("sidt %0" : "=m" (ctxt->idt_limit));
-	asm volatile ("sldt %0" : "=m" (ctxt->ldt));
 	asm volatile ("str %0"  : "=m" (ctxt->tr));
 
 	/*
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ static void fix_processor_context(void)
 
 void __restore_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 {
-
 	/*
 	 * control registers
 	 */
@@ -116,6 +114,13 @@ void __restore_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	asm volatile ("movl %0, %%cr2" :: "r" (ctxt->cr2));
 	asm volatile ("movl %0, %%cr0" :: "r" (ctxt->cr0));
 
+	/*
+	 * now restore the descriptor tables to their proper values
+	 * ltr is done i fix_processor_context().
+	 */
+	asm volatile ("lgdt %0" :: "m" (ctxt->gdt_limit));
+	asm volatile ("lidt %0" :: "m" (ctxt->idt_limit));
+
 	/*
 	 * segment registers
 	 */
@@ -124,14 +129,6 @@ void __restore_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	asm volatile ("movw %0, %%gs" :: "r" (ctxt->gs));
 	asm volatile ("movw %0, %%ss" :: "r" (ctxt->ss));
 
-	/*
-	 * now restore the descriptor tables to their proper values
-	 * ltr is done i fix_processor_context().
-	 */
-	asm volatile ("lgdt %0" :: "m" (ctxt->gdt_limit));
-	asm volatile ("lidt %0" :: "m" (ctxt->idt_limit));
-	asm volatile ("lldt %0" :: "m" (ctxt->ldt));
-
 	/*
 	 * sysenter MSRs
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/suspend.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/suspend.c
index ebaa1e37d6579b7e0912e093fc1daa4fc186646d..6c0f402e3a889c9b7234a6ed8de80b259bd12a38 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/suspend.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/suspend.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ void __save_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	 */
 	asm volatile ("sgdt %0" : "=m" (ctxt->gdt_limit));
 	asm volatile ("sidt %0" : "=m" (ctxt->idt_limit));
-	asm volatile ("sldt %0" : "=m" (ctxt->ldt));
 	asm volatile ("str %0"  : "=m" (ctxt->tr));
 
 	/* XMM0..XMM15 should be handled by kernel_fpu_begin(). */
@@ -69,6 +68,7 @@ void __save_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	asm volatile ("movq %%cr2, %0" : "=r" (ctxt->cr2));
 	asm volatile ("movq %%cr3, %0" : "=r" (ctxt->cr3));
 	asm volatile ("movq %%cr4, %0" : "=r" (ctxt->cr4));
+	asm volatile ("movq %%cr8, %0" : "=r" (ctxt->cr8));
 }
 
 void save_processor_state(void)
@@ -90,11 +90,19 @@ void __restore_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	/*
 	 * control registers
 	 */
+	asm volatile ("movq %0, %%cr8" :: "r" (ctxt->cr8));
 	asm volatile ("movq %0, %%cr4" :: "r" (ctxt->cr4));
 	asm volatile ("movq %0, %%cr3" :: "r" (ctxt->cr3));
 	asm volatile ("movq %0, %%cr2" :: "r" (ctxt->cr2));
 	asm volatile ("movq %0, %%cr0" :: "r" (ctxt->cr0));
 
+	/*
+	 * now restore the descriptor tables to their proper values
+	 * ltr is done i fix_processor_context().
+	 */
+	asm volatile ("lgdt %0" :: "m" (ctxt->gdt_limit));
+	asm volatile ("lidt %0" :: "m" (ctxt->idt_limit));
+
 	/*
 	 * segment registers
 	 */
@@ -108,14 +116,6 @@ void __restore_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
 	wrmsrl(MSR_GS_BASE, ctxt->gs_base);
 	wrmsrl(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, ctxt->gs_kernel_base);
 
-	/*
-	 * now restore the descriptor tables to their proper values
-	 * ltr is done i fix_processor_context().
-	 */
-	asm volatile ("lgdt %0" :: "m" (ctxt->gdt_limit));
-	asm volatile ("lidt %0" :: "m" (ctxt->idt_limit));
-	asm volatile ("lldt %0" :: "m" (ctxt->ldt));
-
 	fix_processor_context();
 
 	do_fpu_end();
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/suspend.h b/include/asm-x86_64/suspend.h
index ec745807feae4892ec7d560e9fc930ca04591acb..bb9f40597d097dacf7e08ae8de2cc23dfbb2adab 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/suspend.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/suspend.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ arch_prepare_suspend(void)
 struct saved_context {
   	u16 ds, es, fs, gs, ss;
 	unsigned long gs_base, gs_kernel_base, fs_base;
-	unsigned long cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4;
+	unsigned long cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4, cr8;
 	u16 gdt_pad;
 	u16 gdt_limit;
 	unsigned long gdt_base;