diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 33bdef1..ed82396 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 #include "mtdcore.h"
@@ -79,36 +80,35 @@ static int mtd_blktrans_thread(void *arg)
 	struct request_queue *rq = dev->rq;
 	struct request *req = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
+	set_freezable();
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		int res;
 
+		try_to_freeze();
+
+		spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 		if (!req && !(req = blk_fetch_request(rq))) {
 			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 			spin_unlock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 			schedule();
-			spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
-
 		spin_unlock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 
+
 		mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
 		res = do_blktrans_request(dev->tr, dev, req);
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
 
 		spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
-
 		if (!__blk_end_request_cur(req, res))
 			req = NULL;
+		spin_unlock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 	}
 
 	if (req)
 		__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
-
-	spin_unlock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
-
 	return 0;
 }