diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4d705713cabcdf3c8f38a3d523da39cb1973bf2b..497a98dafdaa0157520fa9fdc61a7ed81cdb1e22 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -148,10 +148,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			default: 0
 
 	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
-			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, old_ordering }
+			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig, old_ordering }
 			See Documentation/power/video.txt for s3_bios and s3_mode.
 			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
 			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
+			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
+			used during resume from hibernation.
 			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
 			control method, wrt putting devices into low power
 			states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering of _PTS is
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
index a3ddad18aaa35b37c5344c4080b59d3a46c99021..fa2161d5003b78ad6e7b021523efd7b761894602 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ static int __init acpi_sleep_setup(char *str)
 			acpi_realmode_flags |= 2;
 		if (strncmp(str, "s3_beep", 7) == 0)
 			acpi_realmode_flags |= 4;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
+		if (strncmp(str, "s4_nohwsig", 10) == 0)
+			acpi_no_s4_hw_signature();
+#endif
 		if (strncmp(str, "old_ordering", 12) == 0)
 			acpi_old_suspend_ordering();
 		str = strchr(str, ',');
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c
index 0489a7d1d42c91dcf404c50c56e07c722a41ea1f..313507accf1874a188f612ec17ef9d8fa3e958c7 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c
@@ -283,6 +283,15 @@ static struct platform_suspend_ops acpi_suspend_ops_old = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_SUSPEND */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
+static unsigned long s4_hardware_signature;
+static struct acpi_table_facs *facs;
+static bool nosigcheck;
+
+void __init acpi_no_s4_hw_signature(void)
+{
+	nosigcheck = true;
+}
+
 static int acpi_hibernation_begin(void)
 {
 	acpi_target_sleep_state = ACPI_STATE_S4;
@@ -316,6 +325,12 @@ static void acpi_hibernation_leave(void)
 	acpi_enable();
 	/* Reprogram control registers and execute _BFS */
 	acpi_leave_sleep_state_prep(ACPI_STATE_S4);
+	/* Check the hardware signature */
+	if (facs && s4_hardware_signature != facs->hardware_signature) {
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "ACPI: Hardware changed while hibernated, "
+			"cannot resume!\n");
+		panic("ACPI S4 hardware signature mismatch");
+	}
 }
 
 static void acpi_pm_enable_gpes(void)
@@ -544,6 +559,13 @@ int __init acpi_sleep_init(void)
 			&acpi_hibernation_ops_old : &acpi_hibernation_ops);
 		sleep_states[ACPI_STATE_S4] = 1;
 		printk(" S4");
+		if (!nosigcheck) {
+			acpi_get_table_by_index(ACPI_TABLE_INDEX_FACS,
+				(struct acpi_table_header **)&facs);
+			if (facs)
+				s4_hardware_signature =
+					facs->hardware_signature;
+		}
 	}
 #endif
 	status = acpi_get_sleep_type_data(ACPI_STATE_S5, &type_a, &type_b);
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index a171776393767ab0e23411c4ff2d8a89f15676e2..702f79dad16a98a3638957bf64423c5b128423ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ int acpi_check_mem_region(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t n,
 		      const char *name);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
+void __init acpi_no_s4_hw_signature(void);
 void __init acpi_old_suspend_ordering(void);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
 #else	/* CONFIG_ACPI */