static int tegra_nvec_suspend(struct platform_device *pdev, pm_message_t state)
 {
        struct nvec_chip *nvec = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+       struct nvec_msg *msg;
 
        dev_dbg(nvec->dev, "suspending\n");
-       nvec_write_async(nvec, EC_DISABLE_EVENT_REPORTING, 3);
-       nvec_write_async(nvec, "\x04\x02", 2);
+
+       /* keep these sync or you'll break suspend */
+       msg = nvec_write_sync(nvec, EC_DISABLE_EVENT_REPORTING, 3);
+       nvec_msg_free(nvec, msg);
+       msg = nvec_write_sync(nvec, "\x04\x02", 2);
+       nvec_msg_free(nvec, msg);
+
        nvec_disable_i2c_slave(nvec);
 
        return 0;