diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index cc77cf3d4109..7d5c9c582ed2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1168,13 +1168,10 @@ static int do_resume(struct dm_ioctl *param)
 	/* Do we need to load a new map ? */
 	if (new_map) {
 		sector_t old_size, new_size;
-		int srcu_idx;
 
 		/* Suspend if it isn't already suspended */
-		old_map = dm_get_live_table(md, &srcu_idx);
-		if ((param->flags & DM_SKIP_LOCKFS_FLAG) || !old_map)
+		if (param->flags & DM_SKIP_LOCKFS_FLAG)
 			suspend_flags &= ~DM_SUSPEND_LOCKFS_FLAG;
-		dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
 		if (param->flags & DM_NOFLUSH_FLAG)
 			suspend_flags |= DM_SUSPEND_NOFLUSH_FLAG;
 		if (!dm_suspended_md(md))
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 3b694ba3a106..8488547fc00d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2808,6 +2808,10 @@ retry:
 	}
 
 	map = rcu_dereference_protected(md->map, lockdep_is_held(&md->suspend_lock));
+	if (!map) {
+		/* avoid deadlock with fs/namespace.c:do_mount() */
+		suspend_flags &= ~DM_SUSPEND_LOCKFS_FLAG;
+	}
 
 	r = __dm_suspend(md, map, suspend_flags, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, DMF_SUSPENDED);
 	if (r)