diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.c
index 56f2c0bcae5a3..bf0d25fd2cea4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/cpuidle.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/pm33xx.h>
+#include <linux/suspend.h>
 #include <asm/cpuidle.h>
 #include <asm/smp_scu.h>
 #include <asm/suspend.h>
@@ -324,6 +325,44 @@ static struct am33xx_pm_platform_data *am33xx_pm_get_pdata(void)
 		return NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SUSPEND
+/*
+ * Block system suspend initially. Later on pm33xx sets up it's own
+ * platform_suspend_ops after probe. That depends also on loaded
+ * wkup_m3_ipc and booted am335x-pm-firmware.elf.
+ */
+static int amx3_suspend_block(suspend_state_t state)
+{
+	pr_warn("PM not initialized for pm33xx, wkup_m3_ipc, or am335x-pm-firmware.elf\n");
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int amx3_pm_valid(suspend_state_t state)
+{
+	switch (state) {
+	case PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY:
+		return 1;
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+static const struct platform_suspend_ops amx3_blocked_pm_ops = {
+	.begin = amx3_suspend_block,
+	.valid = amx3_pm_valid,
+};
+
+static void __init amx3_block_suspend(void)
+{
+	suspend_set_ops(&amx3_blocked_pm_ops);
+}
+#else
+static inline void amx3_block_suspend(void)
+{
+}
+#endif	/* CONFIG_SUSPEND */
+
 int __init amx3_common_pm_init(void)
 {
 	struct am33xx_pm_platform_data *pdata;
@@ -337,6 +376,7 @@ int __init amx3_common_pm_init(void)
 	devinfo.size_data = sizeof(*pdata);
 	devinfo.id = -1;
 	platform_device_register_full(&devinfo);
+	amx3_block_suspend();
 
 	return 0;
 }