diff --git a/kernel/power/disk.c b/kernel/power/disk.c
index 8b15f777010..05b64790fe8 100644
--- a/kernel/power/disk.c
+++ b/kernel/power/disk.c
@@ -456,7 +456,17 @@ static int software_resume(void)
 	int error;
 	unsigned int flags;
 
-	mutex_lock(&pm_mutex);
+	/*
+	 * name_to_dev_t() below takes a sysfs buffer mutex when sysfs
+	 * is configured into the kernel. Since the regular hibernate
+	 * trigger path is via sysfs which takes a buffer mutex before
+	 * calling hibernate functions (which take pm_mutex) this can
+	 * cause lockdep to complain about a possible ABBA deadlock
+	 * which cannot happen since we're in the boot code here and
+	 * sysfs can't be invoked yet. Therefore, we use a subclass
+	 * here to avoid lockdep complaining.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock_nested(&pm_mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 	if (!swsusp_resume_device) {
 		if (!strlen(resume_file)) {
 			mutex_unlock(&pm_mutex);