size_t size;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
        bool is_paged_buf;
+       bool need_uevent;
        struct page **pages;
        int nr_pages;
        int page_array_size;
        }
 
        if (uevent) {
+               buf->need_uevent = true;
                dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, false);
                dev_dbg(f_dev, "firmware: requesting %s\n", buf->fw_id);
                if (timeout != MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
        spin_unlock(&fwc->name_lock);
 }
 
+/* kill pending requests without uevent to avoid blocking suspend */
+static void kill_requests_without_uevent(void)
+{
+       struct firmware_buf *buf;
+       struct firmware_buf *next;
+
+       mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(buf, next, &pending_fw_head, pending_list) {
+               if (!buf->need_uevent)
+                        fw_load_abort(buf);
+       }
+       mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
+}
+
 /**
  * device_cache_fw_images - cache devices' firmware
  *
        switch (mode) {
        case PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE:
        case PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE:
+               kill_requests_without_uevent();
                device_cache_fw_images();
                break;