diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
index 092752fea8e1..166044642fd5 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -478,6 +478,22 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_get_vqs_count(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u32 __user *argp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* After a successful return of ioctl the device must not process more
+ * virtqueue descriptors. The device can answer to read or writes of config
+ * fields as if it were not suspended. In particular, writing to "queue_enable"
+ * with a value of 1 will not make the device start processing buffers.
+ */
+static long vhost_vdpa_suspend(struct vhost_vdpa *v)
+{
+	struct vdpa_device *vdpa = v->vdpa;
+	const struct vdpa_config_ops *ops = vdpa->config;
+
+	if (!ops->suspend)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	return ops->suspend(vdpa);
+}
+
 static long vhost_vdpa_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_vdpa *v, unsigned int cmd,
 				   void __user *argp)
 {
@@ -654,6 +670,9 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filep,
 	case VHOST_VDPA_GET_VQS_COUNT:
 		r = vhost_vdpa_get_vqs_count(v, argp);
 		break;
+	case VHOST_VDPA_SUSPEND:
+		r = vhost_vdpa_suspend(v);
+		break;
 	default:
 		r = vhost_dev_ioctl(&v->vdev, cmd, argp);
 		if (r == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
index cab645d4a645..f9f115a7c75b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
@@ -171,4 +171,13 @@
 #define VHOST_VDPA_SET_GROUP_ASID	_IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x7C, \
 					     struct vhost_vring_state)
 
+/* Suspend a device so it does not process virtqueue requests anymore
+ *
+ * After the return of ioctl the device must preserve all the necessary state
+ * (the virtqueue vring base plus the possible device specific states) that is
+ * required for restoring in the future. The device must not change its
+ * configuration after that point.
+ */
+#define VHOST_VDPA_SUSPEND		_IO(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x7D)
+
 #endif