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diff --git a/kernel/power/disk.c b/kernel/power/disk.c
index 8b15f777010a..05b64790fe83 100644
--- a/kernel/power/disk.c
+++ b/kernel/power/disk.c
@@ -456,7 +456,17 @@ static int software_resume(void)
int error;
unsigned int flags;
- mutex_lock(&pm_mutex);
+ /*
+ * name_to_dev_t() below takes a sysfs buffer mutex when sysfs
+ * is configured into the kernel. Since the regular hibernate
+ * trigger path is via sysfs which takes a buffer mutex before
+ * calling hibernate functions (which take pm_mutex) this can
+ * cause lockdep to complain about a possible ABBA deadlock
+ * which cannot happen since we're in the boot code here and
+ * sysfs can't be invoked yet. Therefore, we use a subclass
+ * here to avoid lockdep complaining.
+ */
+ mutex_lock_nested(&pm_mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
if (!swsusp_resume_device) {
if (!strlen(resume_file)) {
mutex_unlock(&pm_mutex);