diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c b/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c
index 8b40648d0ef00f2570ea2f19e07da3e1f851d41f..b92c7f0a358aa79836a2ccbc56cd7bf386555a80 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c
@@ -194,17 +194,24 @@ inline int efi_set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long nowtime)
 	return 0;
 }
 /*
- * This should only be used during kernel init and before runtime
- * services have been remapped, therefore, we'll need to call in physical
- * mode.  Note, this call isn't used later, so mark it __init.
+ * This is used during kernel init before runtime
+ * services have been remapped and also during suspend, therefore,
+ * we'll need to call both in physical and virtual modes.
  */
-inline unsigned long __init efi_get_time(void)
+inline unsigned long efi_get_time(void)
 {
 	efi_status_t status;
 	efi_time_t eft;
 	efi_time_cap_t cap;
 
-	status = phys_efi_get_time(&eft, &cap);
+	if (efi.get_time) {
+		/* if we are in virtual mode use remapped function */
+ 		status = efi.get_time(&eft, &cap);
+	} else {
+		/* we are in physical mode */
+		status = phys_efi_get_time(&eft, &cap);
+	}
+
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		printk("Oops: efitime: can't read time status: 0x%lx\n",status);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 66d621dbcb6c850c9a2042338ba0732f79c5f637..91ecf49fbf214504c22124af42573dfe61b85b05 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ extern int efi_mem_attribute_range (unsigned long phys_addr, unsigned long size,
 extern int __init efi_uart_console_only (void);
 extern void efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 					struct resource *data_resource);
-extern unsigned long __init efi_get_time(void);
+extern unsigned long efi_get_time(void);
 extern int __init efi_set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long nowtime);
 extern struct efi_memory_map memmap;