diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
index 6bea2fe8434b3c66e998d301abb21a3a5df69a33..2307604064b3bd9650eaa7ce504d9a9d4b4dfefd 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
@@ -244,17 +244,10 @@ static int acpi_suspend_enter(suspend_state_t pm_state)
 {
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
 	u32 acpi_state = acpi_target_sleep_state;
+	int error;
 
 	ACPI_FLUSH_CPU_CACHE();
 
-	/* Do arch specific saving of state. */
-	if (acpi_state == ACPI_STATE_S3) {
-		int error = acpi_save_state_mem();
-
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-	}
-
 	switch (acpi_state) {
 	case ACPI_STATE_S1:
 		barrier();
@@ -262,6 +255,9 @@ static int acpi_suspend_enter(suspend_state_t pm_state)
 		break;
 
 	case ACPI_STATE_S3:
+		error = acpi_save_state_mem();
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 		do_suspend_lowlevel();
 		pr_info(PREFIX "Low-level resume complete\n");
 		break;