diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index fa3a591..7b3f807 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
 #include <linux/async.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
@@ -2741,6 +2742,9 @@
 	if (!sdkp)
 		return;         /* this can happen */
 
+	if (pm_runtime_suspended(dev))
+		goto exit;
+
 	if (sdkp->WCE) {
 		sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Synchronizing SCSI cache\n");
 		sd_sync_cache(sdkp);
@@ -2751,6 +2755,7 @@
 		sd_start_stop_device(sdkp, 0);
 	}
 
+exit:
 	scsi_disk_put(sdkp);
 }