struct mutex open_mutex;
        struct delayed_work open_timeout;
+       struct work_struct suspend_work;
 
        bool suspended;
        bool wakeup;
        return simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buf, 2);
 }
 
+static void vhci_suspend_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+       struct vhci_data *data = container_of(work, struct vhci_data,
+                                             suspend_work);
+
+       if (data->suspended)
+               hci_suspend_dev(data->hdev);
+       else
+               hci_resume_dev(data->hdev);
+}
+
 static ssize_t force_suspend_write(struct file *file,
                                   const char __user *user_buf,
                                   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
        if (data->suspended == enable)
                return -EALREADY;
 
-       if (enable)
-               err = hci_suspend_dev(data->hdev);
-       else
-               err = hci_resume_dev(data->hdev);
-
-       if (err)
-               return err;
-
        data->suspended = enable;
 
+       schedule_work(&data->suspend_work);
+
        return count;
 }
 
 
        mutex_init(&data->open_mutex);
        INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&data->open_timeout, vhci_open_timeout);
+       INIT_WORK(&data->suspend_work, vhci_suspend_work);
 
        file->private_data = data;
        nonseekable_open(inode, file);
        struct hci_dev *hdev;
 
        cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->open_timeout);
+       flush_work(&data->suspend_work);
 
        hdev = data->hdev;