diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h
index e9c149c042e0..456d67c1f0fa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct sleep_save_sp {
 	phys_addr_t save_ptr_stash_phys;
 };
 
+extern int __cpu_suspend(unsigned long arg, int (*fn)(unsigned long));
 extern void cpu_resume(void);
 extern int cpu_suspend(unsigned long);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S
index b1925729c692..a564b440416a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S
@@ -49,28 +49,39 @@
 	orr	\dst, \dst, \mask		// dst|=(aff3>>rs3)
 	.endm
 /*
- * Save CPU state for a suspend.  This saves callee registers, and allocates
- * space on the kernel stack to save the CPU specific registers + some
- * other data for resume.
+ * Save CPU state for a suspend and execute the suspend finisher.
+ * On success it will return 0 through cpu_resume - ie through a CPU
+ * soft/hard reboot from the reset vector.
+ * On failure it returns the suspend finisher return value or force
+ * -EOPNOTSUPP if the finisher erroneously returns 0 (the suspend finisher
+ * is not allowed to return, if it does this must be considered failure).
+ * It saves callee registers, and allocates space on the kernel stack
+ * to save the CPU specific registers + some other data for resume.
  *
  *  x0 = suspend finisher argument
+ *  x1 = suspend finisher function pointer
  */
-ENTRY(__cpu_suspend)
+ENTRY(__cpu_suspend_enter)
 	stp	x29, lr, [sp, #-96]!
 	stp	x19, x20, [sp,#16]
 	stp	x21, x22, [sp,#32]
 	stp	x23, x24, [sp,#48]
 	stp	x25, x26, [sp,#64]
 	stp	x27, x28, [sp,#80]
+	/*
+	 * Stash suspend finisher and its argument in x20 and x19
+	 */
+	mov	x19, x0
+	mov	x20, x1
 	mov	x2, sp
 	sub	sp, sp, #CPU_SUSPEND_SZ	// allocate cpu_suspend_ctx
-	mov	x1, sp
+	mov	x0, sp
 	/*
-	 * x1 now points to struct cpu_suspend_ctx allocated on the stack
+	 * x0 now points to struct cpu_suspend_ctx allocated on the stack
 	 */
-	str	x2, [x1, #CPU_CTX_SP]
-	ldr	x2, =sleep_save_sp
-	ldr	x2, [x2, #SLEEP_SAVE_SP_VIRT]
+	str	x2, [x0, #CPU_CTX_SP]
+	ldr	x1, =sleep_save_sp
+	ldr	x1, [x1, #SLEEP_SAVE_SP_VIRT]
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	mrs	x7, mpidr_el1
 	ldr	x9, =mpidr_hash
@@ -82,11 +93,21 @@ ENTRY(__cpu_suspend)
 	ldp	w3, w4, [x9, #MPIDR_HASH_SHIFTS]
 	ldp	w5, w6, [x9, #(MPIDR_HASH_SHIFTS + 8)]
 	compute_mpidr_hash x8, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7, x10
-	add	x2, x2, x8, lsl #3
+	add	x1, x1, x8, lsl #3
 #endif
-	bl	__cpu_suspend_finisher
+	bl	__cpu_suspend_save
+	/*
+	 * Grab suspend finisher in x20 and its argument in x19
+	 */
+	mov	x0, x19
+	mov	x1, x20
+	/*
+	 * We are ready for power down, fire off the suspend finisher
+	 * in x1, with argument in x0
+	 */
+	blr	x1
         /*
-	 * Never gets here, unless suspend fails.
+	 * Never gets here, unless suspend finisher fails.
 	 * Successful cpu_suspend should return from cpu_resume, returning
 	 * through this code path is considered an error
 	 * If the return value is set to 0 force x0 = -EOPNOTSUPP
@@ -103,7 +124,7 @@ ENTRY(__cpu_suspend)
 	ldp	x27, x28, [sp, #80]
 	ldp	x29, lr, [sp], #96
 	ret
-ENDPROC(__cpu_suspend)
+ENDPROC(__cpu_suspend_enter)
 	.ltorg
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/suspend.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/suspend.c
index 55a99b9a97e0..13ad4dbb1615 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/suspend.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/suspend.c
@@ -9,22 +9,19 @@
 #include <asm/suspend.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 
-extern int __cpu_suspend(unsigned long);
+extern int __cpu_suspend_enter(unsigned long arg, int (*fn)(unsigned long));
 /*
- * This is called by __cpu_suspend() to save the state, and do whatever
+ * This is called by __cpu_suspend_enter() to save the state, and do whatever
  * flushing is required to ensure that when the CPU goes to sleep we have
  * the necessary data available when the caches are not searched.
  *
- * @arg: Argument to pass to suspend operations
- * @ptr: CPU context virtual address
- * @save_ptr: address of the location where the context physical address
- *            must be saved
+ * ptr: CPU context virtual address
+ * save_ptr: address of the location where the context physical address
+ *           must be saved
  */
-int __cpu_suspend_finisher(unsigned long arg, struct cpu_suspend_ctx *ptr,
-			   phys_addr_t *save_ptr)
+void notrace __cpu_suspend_save(struct cpu_suspend_ctx *ptr,
+				phys_addr_t *save_ptr)
 {
-	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-
 	*save_ptr = virt_to_phys(ptr);
 
 	cpu_do_suspend(ptr);
@@ -35,8 +32,6 @@ int __cpu_suspend_finisher(unsigned long arg, struct cpu_suspend_ctx *ptr,
 	 */
 	__flush_dcache_area(ptr, sizeof(*ptr));
 	__flush_dcache_area(save_ptr, sizeof(*save_ptr));
-
-	return cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_suspend(arg);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -56,15 +51,15 @@ void __init cpu_suspend_set_dbg_restorer(void (*hw_bp_restore)(void *))
 }
 
 /**
- * cpu_suspend
+ * cpu_suspend() - function to enter a low-power state
+ * @arg: argument to pass to CPU suspend operations
  *
- * @arg: argument to pass to the finisher function
+ * Return: 0 on success, -EOPNOTSUPP if CPU suspend hook not initialized, CPU
+ * operations back-end error code otherwise.
  */
 int cpu_suspend(unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct mm_struct *mm = current->active_mm;
-	int ret, cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	unsigned long flags;
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 	/*
 	 * If cpu_ops have not been registered or suspend
@@ -72,6 +67,21 @@ int cpu_suspend(unsigned long arg)
 	 */
 	if (!cpu_ops[cpu] || !cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_suspend)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_suspend(arg);
+}
+
+/*
+ * __cpu_suspend
+ *
+ * arg: argument to pass to the finisher function
+ * fn: finisher function pointer
+ *
+ */
+int __cpu_suspend(unsigned long arg, int (*fn)(unsigned long))
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm = current->active_mm;
+	int ret;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * From this point debug exceptions are disabled to prevent
@@ -86,7 +96,7 @@ int cpu_suspend(unsigned long arg)
 	 * page tables, so that the thread address space is properly
 	 * set-up on function return.
 	 */
-	ret = __cpu_suspend(arg);
+	ret = __cpu_suspend_enter(arg, fn);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		cpu_switch_mm(mm->pgd, mm);
 		flush_tlb_all();
@@ -95,7 +105,7 @@ int cpu_suspend(unsigned long arg)
 		 * Restore per-cpu offset before any kernel
 		 * subsystem relying on it has a chance to run.
 		 */
-		set_my_cpu_offset(per_cpu_offset(cpu));
+		set_my_cpu_offset(per_cpu_offset(smp_processor_id()));
 
 		/*
 		 * Restore HW breakpoint registers to sane values