diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
index 079160e22bcc..f732a8321e8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt
@@ -220,7 +220,10 @@ Q: After resuming, system is paging heavily, leading to very bad interactivity.
 
 A: Try running
 
-cat `cat /proc/[0-9]*/maps | grep / | sed 's:.* /:/:' | sort -u` > /dev/null
+cat /proc/[0-9]*/maps | grep / | sed 's:.* /:/:' | sort -u | while read file
+do
+  test -f "$file" && cat "$file" > /dev/null
+done
 
 after resume. swapoff -a; swapon -a may also be useful.