{
        wb->use = 0;
        acm->transmitting--;
+       usb_autopm_put_interface_async(acm->control);
 }
 
 /*
        }
 
        dbg("%s susp_count: %d", __func__, acm->susp_count);
+       usb_autopm_get_interface_async(acm->control);
        if (acm->susp_count) {
-               acm->delayed_wb = wb;
-               schedule_work(&acm->waker);
+               if (!acm->delayed_wb)
+                       acm->delayed_wb = wb;
+               else
+                       usb_autopm_put_interface_async(acm->control);
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&acm->write_lock, flags);
                return 0;       /* A white lie */
        }
        tty_kref_put(tty);
 }
 
-static void acm_waker(struct work_struct *waker)
-{
-       struct acm *acm = container_of(waker, struct acm, waker);
-       int rv;
-
-       rv = usb_autopm_get_interface(acm->control);
-       if (rv < 0) {
-               dev_err(&acm->dev->dev, "Autopm failure in %s\n", __func__);
-               return;
-       }
-       if (acm->delayed_wb) {
-               acm_start_wb(acm, acm->delayed_wb);
-               acm->delayed_wb = NULL;
-       }
-       usb_autopm_put_interface(acm->control);
-}
-
 /*
  * TTY handlers
  */
        acm->urb_task.func = acm_rx_tasklet;
        acm->urb_task.data = (unsigned long) acm;
        INIT_WORK(&acm->work, acm_softint);
-       INIT_WORK(&acm->waker, acm_waker);
        init_waitqueue_head(&acm->drain_wait);
        spin_lock_init(&acm->throttle_lock);
        spin_lock_init(&acm->write_lock);
        tasklet_enable(&acm->urb_task);
 
        cancel_work_sync(&acm->work);
-       cancel_work_sync(&acm->waker);
 }
 
 static void acm_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 static int acm_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
 {
        struct acm *acm = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
+       struct acm_wb *wb;
        int rv = 0;
        int cnt;
 
        mutex_lock(&acm->mutex);
        if (acm->port.count) {
                rv = usb_submit_urb(acm->ctrlurb, GFP_NOIO);
+
+               spin_lock_irq(&acm->write_lock);
+               if (acm->delayed_wb) {
+                       wb = acm->delayed_wb;
+                       acm->delayed_wb = NULL;
+                       spin_unlock_irq(&acm->write_lock);
+                       acm_start_wb(acm, acm->delayed_wb);
+               } else {
+                       spin_unlock_irq(&acm->write_lock);
+               }
+
+               /*
+                * delayed error checking because we must
+                * do the write path at all cost
+                */
                if (rv < 0)
                        goto err_out;