diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
index 0b4be431c620ab30ac0bd348888fdf3e9dd3a5b8..adee12e0da1fcaf6e1c8f9ad3ff1e362e2ec736b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
 
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1238,6 +1239,7 @@ static int suspend(int vetoable)
 
 	local_irq_disable();
 	sysdev_suspend(PMSG_SUSPEND);
+	syscore_suspend();
 
 	local_irq_enable();
 
@@ -1255,6 +1257,7 @@ static int suspend(int vetoable)
 		apm_error("suspend", err);
 	err = (err == APM_SUCCESS) ? 0 : -EIO;
 
+	syscore_resume();
 	sysdev_resume();
 	local_irq_enable();
 
@@ -1280,6 +1283,7 @@ static void standby(void)
 
 	local_irq_disable();
 	sysdev_suspend(PMSG_SUSPEND);
+	syscore_suspend();
 	local_irq_enable();
 
 	err = set_system_power_state(APM_STATE_STANDBY);
@@ -1287,6 +1291,7 @@ static void standby(void)
 		apm_error("standby", err);
 
 	local_irq_disable();
+	syscore_resume();
 	sysdev_resume();
 	local_irq_enable();
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/syscore.c b/drivers/base/syscore.c
index 90af2943f9e4a56bb284aab6ce5bab177cfba794..c126db3cb7d12c92be4b5d62abfd58d4a699a961 100644
--- a/drivers/base/syscore.c
+++ b/drivers/base/syscore.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ int syscore_suspend(void)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(syscore_suspend);
 
 /**
  * syscore_resume - Execute all the registered system core resume callbacks.
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ void syscore_resume(void)
 				"Interrupts enabled after %pF\n", ops->resume);
 		}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(syscore_resume);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/xen/manage.c b/drivers/xen/manage.c
index 1ac94125bf93c38bb98342828490e9633a12c75f..a2eee574784e801aec6463a8317267c24f928201 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/manage.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/manage.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/sysrq.h>
 #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
 
 #include <xen/xen.h>
 #include <xen/xenbus.h>
@@ -70,8 +71,13 @@ static int xen_suspend(void *data)
 	BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
 
 	err = sysdev_suspend(PMSG_FREEZE);
+	if (!err) {
+		err = syscore_suspend();
+		if (err)
+			sysdev_resume();
+	}
 	if (err) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "xen_suspend: sysdev_suspend failed: %d\n",
+		printk(KERN_ERR "xen_suspend: system core suspend failed: %d\n",
 			err);
 		return err;
 	}
@@ -95,6 +101,7 @@ static int xen_suspend(void *data)
 		xen_timer_resume();
 	}
 
+	syscore_resume();
 	sysdev_resume();
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 55936f9cb251b9eb114d9b827ee478e18a3448b7..87b77de03dd33942b29953909aaf5727bb5e2bdd 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
+#include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1532,6 +1533,11 @@ int kernel_kexec(void)
 		local_irq_disable();
 		/* Suspend system devices */
 		error = sysdev_suspend(PMSG_FREEZE);
+		if (!error) {
+			error = syscore_suspend();
+			if (error)
+				sysdev_resume();
+		}
 		if (error)
 			goto Enable_irqs;
 	} else
@@ -1546,6 +1552,7 @@ int kernel_kexec(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP
 	if (kexec_image->preserve_context) {
+		syscore_resume();
 		sysdev_resume();
  Enable_irqs:
 		local_irq_enable();