diff --git a/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h b/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h
index d9b8bddc8732ac3b75aa7d64653179c192ffb0ed..5014794f9eb3db955fef7b114322069862ba857b 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/thread_info.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ extern void iwmmxt_task_switch(struct thread_info *);
 #define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16
 #define TIF_USING_IWMMXT	17
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		18
+#define TIF_FREEZE		19
 
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1 << TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ extern void iwmmxt_task_switch(struct thread_info *);
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_USING_IWMMXT	(1 << TIF_USING_IWMMXT)
+#define _TIF_FREEZE		(1 << TIF_FREEZE)
 
 /*
  * Change these and you break ASM code in entry-common.S
diff --git a/include/asm-frv/thread_info.h b/include/asm-frv/thread_info.h
index d66c48e6ef144dcaf0259bcf3428ebfae224f28b..d881f518e6a9272c0eaedf748cd9cf6171c0a757 100644
--- a/include/asm-frv/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-frv/thread_info.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info asm("gr15");
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	6	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
 #define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		17	/* OOM killer killed process */
+#define TIF_FREEZE		18	/* freezing for suspend */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1 << TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info asm("gr15");
 #define _TIF_IRET		(1 << TIF_IRET)
 #define _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	(1 << TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+#define _TIF_FREEZE		(1 << TIF_FREEZE)
 
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		0x0000FFFE	/* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	0x0000FFFF	/* work to do on any return to u-space */
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h b/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h
index 46d32ad9208256ab045785cdc355b1253860a486..4b187bb377b4278de91c851d4dfeb4a4ef422669 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		16
 #define TIF_DEBUG		17	/* uses debug registers */
 #define TIF_IO_BITMAP		18	/* uses I/O bitmap */
+#define TIF_FREEZE		19	/* is freezing for suspend */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	(1<<TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
 #define _TIF_DEBUG		(1<<TIF_DEBUG)
 #define _TIF_IO_BITMAP		(1<<TIF_IO_BITMAP)
+#define _TIF_FREEZE		(1<<TIF_FREEZE)
 
 /* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK \
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h b/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
index 8adcde0934ca4e127b621278b48f8ba84a2c4a4b..9b505b25544f0bd707063ba48e053a9afdebe030 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		17
 #define TIF_MCA_INIT		18	/* this task is processing MCA or INIT */
 #define TIF_DB_DISABLED		19	/* debug trap disabled for fsyscall */
+#define TIF_FREEZE		20	/* is freezing for suspend */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_MCA_INIT		(1 << TIF_MCA_INIT)
 #define _TIF_DB_DISABLED	(1 << TIF_DB_DISABLED)
+#define _TIF_FREEZE		(1 << TIF_FREEZE)
 
 /* "work to do on user-return" bits */
 #define TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	(_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME|_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_NEED_RESCHED|_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE|_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/thread_info.h b/include/asm-powerpc/thread_info.h
index d339e2e88b1144f73a95dbf67f8440e7b671916e..3f32ca8bfec9ddfc31056df20962d0b9f2e05211 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/thread_info.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_RESTOREALL		12	/* Restore all regs (implies NOERROR) */
 #define TIF_NOERROR		14	/* Force successful syscall return */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	15	/* Restore signal mask in do_signal */
+#define TIF_FREEZE		16	/* Freezing for suspend */
 
 /* as above, but as bit values */
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_RESTOREALL		(1<<TIF_RESTOREALL)
 #define _TIF_NOERROR		(1<<TIF_NOERROR)
 #define _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	(1<<TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
+#define _TIF_FREEZE		(1<<TIF_FREEZE)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_T_OR_A	(_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE|_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT|_TIF_SECCOMP)
 
 #define _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK	(_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | _TIF_SIGPENDING | \
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/thread_info.h b/include/asm-sh/thread_info.h
index 0c01dc550819e865f52b8c135797220abecce60c..879f741105dbd366ed1bbcfdec6570024ae47662 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/thread_info.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_USEDFPU		16	/* FPU was used by this task this quantum (SMP) */
 #define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	17	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		18
+#define TIF_FREEZE		19
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	(1<<TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
 #define _TIF_USEDFPU		(1<<TIF_USEDFPU)
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+#define _TIF_FREEZE		(1<<TIF_FREEZE)
 
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		0x000000FE	/* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	0x000000FF	/* work to do on any return to u-space */
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/thread_info.h b/include/asm-x86_64/thread_info.h
index 787a08114b4847c0e4d37de1157515355cc4adce..74a6c74397f72bee7619075dd1fba64d7d13e136 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/thread_info.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *stack_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		20
 #define TIF_DEBUG		21	/* uses debug registers */
 #define TIF_IO_BITMAP		22	/* uses I/O bitmap */
+#define TIF_FREEZE		23	/* is freezing for suspend */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *stack_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_ABI_PENDING	(1<<TIF_ABI_PENDING)
 #define _TIF_DEBUG		(1<<TIF_DEBUG)
 #define _TIF_IO_BITMAP		(1<<TIF_IO_BITMAP)
+#define _TIF_FREEZE		(1<<TIF_FREEZE)
 
 /* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK \
diff --git a/include/linux/freezer.h b/include/linux/freezer.h
index 393063096134d505cedf33fb216ce943bae23b6e..5e75e26d4787248caf175063afad75010824672a 100644
--- a/include/linux/freezer.h
+++ b/include/linux/freezer.h
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ static inline int frozen(struct task_struct *p)
  */
 static inline int freezing(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	return p->flags & PF_FREEZE;
+	return test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_FREEZE);
 }
 
 /*
  * Request that a process be frozen
- * FIXME: SMP problem. We may not modify other process' flags!
  */
 static inline void freeze(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	p->flags |= PF_FREEZE;
+	set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_FREEZE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ static inline void freeze(struct task_struct *p)
  */
 static inline void do_not_freeze(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	p->flags &= ~PF_FREEZE;
+	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_FREEZE);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -54,7 +53,9 @@ static inline int thaw_process(struct task_struct *p)
  */
 static inline void frozen_process(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	p->flags = (p->flags & ~PF_FREEZE) | PF_FROZEN;
+	p->flags |= PF_FROZEN;
+	wmb();
+	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_FREEZE);
 }
 
 extern void refrigerator(void);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index ea92e5c890894694533ea42a0d95e2148ff301c9..4463735351904f039b1c3239f6161f52ce88ad77 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1144,7 +1144,6 @@ static inline void put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
 #define PF_MEMALLOC	0x00000800	/* Allocating memory */
 #define PF_FLUSHER	0x00001000	/* responsible for disk writeback */
 #define PF_USED_MATH	0x00002000	/* if unset the fpu must be initialized before use */
-#define PF_FREEZE	0x00004000	/* this task is being frozen for suspend now */
 #define PF_NOFREEZE	0x00008000	/* this thread should not be frozen */
 #define PF_FROZEN	0x00010000	/* frozen for system suspend */
 #define PF_FSTRANS	0x00020000	/* inside a filesystem transaction */
diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
index b9a32860bef3b69892bf197cbb3ca4d82dbe1785..6d566bf7085c0b4fd7803a14cbaabef07269198e 100644
--- a/kernel/power/process.c
+++ b/kernel/power/process.c
@@ -60,13 +60,16 @@ static inline void freeze_process(struct task_struct *p)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (!freezing(p)) {
-		if (p->state == TASK_STOPPED)
-			force_sig_specific(SIGSTOP, p);
-
-		freeze(p);
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
-		signal_wake_up(p, p->state == TASK_STOPPED);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+		rmb();
+		if (!frozen(p)) {
+			if (p->state == TASK_STOPPED)
+				force_sig_specific(SIGSTOP, p);
+
+			freeze(p);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+			signal_wake_up(p, p->state == TASK_STOPPED);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
+		}
 	}
 }