diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 6f18d6fdabba247501d3632dd4441a9c5665eca4..73b7a4e4d9db5a957aa4ce3ef2aa6d044044f203 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1059,13 +1059,9 @@ static int do_resume(struct dm_ioctl *param)
 
 	/* Do we need to load a new map ? */
 	if (new_map) {
-		int srcu_idx;
-
 		/* Suspend if it isn't already suspended */
-		old_map = dm_get_live_table(md, &srcu_idx);
-		if (param->flags & DM_SKIP_LOCKFS_FLAG || !old_map)
+		if (param->flags & DM_SKIP_LOCKFS_FLAG)
 			suspend_flags &= ~DM_SUSPEND_LOCKFS_FLAG;
-		dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
 		if (param->flags & DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG)
 			suspend_flags |= DM_SUSPEND_NOFLUSH_FLAG;
 		if (!dm_suspended_md(md))
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 3649ee4d90001b5eac1eeee168370f2e49cfa9d7..3a49fbed974a4b7f0f7ffe055eab24a4658f8009 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2602,6 +2602,10 @@ int dm_suspend(struct mapped_device *md, unsigned suspend_flags)
 	}
 
 	map = rcu_dereference_protected(md->map, lockdep_is_held(&md->suspend_lock));
+	if (!map) {
+		/* avoid deadlock with fs/namespace.c:do_mount() */
+		suspend_flags &= ~DM_SUSPEND_LOCKFS_FLAG;
+	}
 
 	r = __dm_suspend(md, map, suspend_flags, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, DMF_SUSPENDED);
 	if (r)