diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index db6dfcfa3e2e..176f62950e3d 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -3871,6 +3871,27 @@ void ata_scsi_hotplug(struct work_struct *work)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * XXX - UGLY HACK
+	 *
+	 * The block layer suspend/resume path is fundamentally broken due
+	 * to freezable kthreads and workqueue and may deadlock if a block
+	 * device gets removed while resume is in progress.  I don't know
+	 * what the solution is short of removing freezable kthreads and
+	 * workqueues altogether.
+	 *
+	 * The following is an ugly hack to avoid kicking off device
+	 * removal while freezer is active.  This is a joke but does avoid
+	 * this particular deadlock scenario.
+	 *
+	 * https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62801
+	 * http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=138695698516487
+	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_FREEZER
+	while (pm_freezing)
+		msleep(10);
+#endif
+
 	DPRINTK("ENTER\n");
 	mutex_lock(&ap->scsi_scan_mutex);
 
diff --git a/kernel/freezer.c b/kernel/freezer.c
index b462fa197517..aa6a8aadb911 100644
--- a/kernel/freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/freezer.c
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(system_freezing_cnt);
 bool pm_freezing;
 bool pm_nosig_freezing;
 
+/*
+ * Temporary export for the deadlock workaround in ata_scsi_hotplug().
+ * Remove once the hack becomes unnecessary.
+ */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_freezing);
+
 /* protects freezing and frozen transitions */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(freezer_lock);