diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pm.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pm.c
index 7260bef314a4..2ae4fe85cc8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pm.c
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ int wil_suspend(struct wil6210_priv *wil, bool is_runtime)
 
 	wil_dbg_pm(wil, "suspend: %s\n", is_runtime ? "runtime" : "system");
 
+	if (test_bit(wil_status_suspended, wil->status)) {
+		wil_dbg_pm(wil, "trying to suspend while suspended\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* if netif up, hardware is alive, shut it down */
 	if (ndev->flags & IFF_UP) {
 		rc = wil_down(wil);
@@ -86,10 +91,14 @@ int wil_suspend(struct wil6210_priv *wil, bool is_runtime)
 
 	if (wil->platform_ops.suspend) {
 		rc = wil->platform_ops.suspend(wil->platform_handle);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc) {
 			wil_enable_irq(wil);
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
+	set_bit(wil_status_suspended, wil->status);
+
 out:
 	wil_dbg_pm(wil, "suspend: %s => %d\n",
 		   is_runtime ? "runtime" : "system", rc);
@@ -117,10 +126,13 @@ int wil_resume(struct wil6210_priv *wil, bool is_runtime)
 
 	/* if netif up, bring hardware up
 	 * During open(), IFF_UP set after actual device method
-	 * invocation. This prevent recursive call to wil_up()
+	 * invocation. This prevent recursive call to wil_up().
+	 * wil_status_suspended will be cleared in wil_reset
 	 */
 	if (ndev->flags & IFF_UP)
 		rc = wil_up(wil);
+	else
+		clear_bit(wil_status_suspended, wil->status);
 
 out:
 	wil_dbg_pm(wil, "resume: %s => %d\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
index ec646d7df522..b00c803a1e83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ enum { /* for wil6210_priv.status */
 	wil_status_irqen, /* FIXME: interrupts enabled - for debug */
 	wil_status_napi_en, /* NAPI enabled protected by wil->mutex */
 	wil_status_resetting, /* reset in progress */
+	wil_status_suspended, /* suspend completed, device is suspended */
 	wil_status_last /* keep last */
 };