diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c
index f8df75d740f4891a018aa84e02cb7c2988f3ff84..21ab5df9fa76ddea54d58abf77812593ddbb0f6d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable-hwdef.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
+#include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <asm/suspend.h>
 #include <asm/virt.h>
 
@@ -236,6 +237,11 @@ int swsusp_arch_suspend(void)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct sleep_stack_data state;
 
+	if (cpus_are_stuck_in_kernel()) {
+		pr_err("Can't hibernate: no mechanism to offline secondary CPUs.\n");
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
 	local_dbg_save(flags);
 
 	if (__cpu_suspend_enter(&state)) {