diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 23c32cd1f1d88..4ff9bebb81ad5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2945,6 +2945,9 @@ static void __dm_internal_suspend(struct mapped_device *md, unsigned int suspend
 
 static void __dm_internal_resume(struct mapped_device *md)
 {
+	int r;
+	struct dm_table *map;
+
 	BUG_ON(!md->internal_suspend_count);
 
 	if (--md->internal_suspend_count)
@@ -2953,12 +2956,23 @@ static void __dm_internal_resume(struct mapped_device *md)
 	if (dm_suspended_md(md))
 		goto done; /* resume from nested suspend */
 
-	/*
-	 * NOTE: existing callers don't need to call dm_table_resume_targets
-	 * (which may fail -- so best to avoid it for now by passing NULL map)
-	 */
-	(void) __dm_resume(md, NULL);
-
+	map = rcu_dereference_protected(md->map, lockdep_is_held(&md->suspend_lock));
+	r = __dm_resume(md, map);
+	if (r) {
+		/*
+		 * If a preresume method of some target failed, we are in a
+		 * tricky situation. We can't return an error to the caller. We
+		 * can't fake success because then the "resume" and
+		 * "postsuspend" methods would not be paired correctly, and it
+		 * would break various targets, for example it would cause list
+		 * corruption in the "origin" target.
+		 *
+		 * So, we fake normal suspend here, to make sure that the
+		 * "resume" and "postsuspend" methods will be paired correctly.
+		 */
+		DMERR("Preresume method failed: %d", r);
+		set_bit(DMF_SUSPENDED, &md->flags);
+	}
 done:
 	clear_bit(DMF_SUSPENDED_INTERNALLY, &md->flags);
 	smp_mb__after_atomic();