diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 478120233750..d715ed3cb69a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 #include <xen/xen.h>
 #include <xen/xenbus.h>
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ enum blkif_state {
 	BLKIF_STATE_DISCONNECTED,
 	BLKIF_STATE_CONNECTED,
 	BLKIF_STATE_SUSPENDED,
+	BLKIF_STATE_FREEZING,
+	BLKIF_STATE_FROZEN
 };
 
 struct grant {
@@ -220,6 +224,7 @@ struct blkfront_info
 	struct list_head requests;
 	struct bio_list bio_list;
 	struct list_head info_list;
+	struct completion wait_backend_disconnected;
 };
 
 static unsigned int nr_minors;
@@ -261,6 +266,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(minor_lock);
 static int blkfront_setup_indirect(struct blkfront_ring_info *rinfo);
 static void blkfront_gather_backend_features(struct blkfront_info *info);
 static int negotiate_mq(struct blkfront_info *info);
+static void __blkif_free(struct blkfront_info *info);
 
 static int get_id_from_freelist(struct blkfront_ring_info *rinfo)
 {
@@ -995,6 +1001,7 @@ static int xlvbd_init_blk_queue(struct gendisk *gd, u16 sector_size,
 	info->sector_size = sector_size;
 	info->physical_sector_size = physical_sector_size;
 	blkif_set_queue_limits(info);
+	init_completion(&info->wait_backend_disconnected);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1218,6 +1225,8 @@ static void xlvbd_release_gendisk(struct blkfront_info *info)
 /* Already hold rinfo->ring_lock. */
 static inline void kick_pending_request_queues_locked(struct blkfront_ring_info *rinfo)
 {
+	if (unlikely(rinfo->dev_info->connected == BLKIF_STATE_FREEZING))
+		return;
 	if (!RING_FULL(&rinfo->ring))
 		blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(rinfo->dev_info->rq, true);
 }
@@ -1341,8 +1350,6 @@ static void blkif_free_ring(struct blkfront_ring_info *rinfo)
 
 static void blkif_free(struct blkfront_info *info, int suspend)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-
 	/* Prevent new requests being issued until we fix things up. */
 	info->connected = suspend ?
 		BLKIF_STATE_SUSPENDED : BLKIF_STATE_DISCONNECTED;
@@ -1350,6 +1357,13 @@ static void blkif_free(struct blkfront_info *info, int suspend)
 	if (info->rq)
 		blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(info->rq);
 
+	__blkif_free(info);
+}
+
+static void __blkif_free(struct blkfront_info *info)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < info->nr_rings; i++)
 		blkif_free_ring(&info->rinfo[i]);
 
@@ -1553,8 +1567,10 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct blkfront_ring_info *rinfo = (struct blkfront_ring_info *)dev_id;
 	struct blkfront_info *info = rinfo->dev_info;
 
-	if (unlikely(info->connected != BLKIF_STATE_CONNECTED))
-		return IRQ_HANDLED;
+	if (unlikely(info->connected != BLKIF_STATE_CONNECTED)) {
+		if (info->connected != BLKIF_STATE_FREEZING)
+			return IRQ_HANDLED;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rinfo->ring_lock, flags);
  again:
@@ -2020,6 +2036,7 @@ static int blkif_recover(struct blkfront_info *info)
 	struct bio *bio;
 	unsigned int segs;
 
+	bool frozen = info->connected == BLKIF_STATE_FROZEN;
 	blkfront_gather_backend_features(info);
 	/* Reset limits changed by blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(). */
 	blkif_set_queue_limits(info);
@@ -2046,6 +2063,9 @@ static int blkif_recover(struct blkfront_info *info)
 		kick_pending_request_queues(rinfo);
 	}
 
+	if (frozen)
+		return 0;
+
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, n, &info->requests, queuelist) {
 		/* Requeue pending requests (flush or discard) */
 		list_del_init(&req->queuelist);
@@ -2359,6 +2379,7 @@ static void blkfront_connect(struct blkfront_info *info)
 
 		return;
 	case BLKIF_STATE_SUSPENDED:
+	case BLKIF_STATE_FROZEN:
 		/*
 		 * If we are recovering from suspension, we need to wait
 		 * for the backend to announce it's features before
@@ -2476,12 +2497,37 @@ static void blkback_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 		break;
 
 	case XenbusStateClosed:
-		if (dev->state == XenbusStateClosed)
+		if (dev->state == XenbusStateClosed) {
+			if (info->connected == BLKIF_STATE_FREEZING) {
+				__blkif_free(info);
+				info->connected = BLKIF_STATE_FROZEN;
+				complete(&info->wait_backend_disconnected);
+				break;
+			}
+
 			break;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We may somehow receive backend's Closed again while thawing
+		 * or restoring and it causes thawing or restoring to fail.
+		 * Ignore such unexpected state anyway.
+		 */
+		if (info->connected == BLKIF_STATE_FROZEN &&
+				dev->state == XenbusStateInitialised) {
+			dev_dbg(&dev->dev,
+					"ignore the backend's Closed state: %s",
+					dev->nodename);
+			break;
+		}
 		/* fall through */
 	case XenbusStateClosing:
-		if (info)
-			blkfront_closing(info);
+		if (info) {
+			if (info->connected == BLKIF_STATE_FREEZING)
+				xenbus_frontend_closed(dev);
+			else
+				blkfront_closing(info);
+		}
 		break;
 	}
 }
@@ -2625,6 +2671,62 @@ static void blkif_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 	mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex);
 }
 
+static int blkfront_freeze(struct xenbus_device *dev)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	struct blkfront_info *info = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);
+	struct blkfront_ring_info *rinfo;
+	/* This would be reasonable timeout as used in xenbus_dev_shutdown() */
+	unsigned int timeout = 5 * HZ;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	info->connected = BLKIF_STATE_FREEZING;
+
+	blk_mq_freeze_queue(info->rq);
+	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(info->rq);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < info->nr_rings; i++) {
+		rinfo = &info->rinfo[i];
+
+		gnttab_cancel_free_callback(&rinfo->callback);
+		flush_work(&rinfo->work);
+	}
+
+	/* Kick the backend to disconnect */
+	xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateClosing);
+
+	/*
+	 * We don't want to move forward before the frontend is diconnected
+	 * from the backend cleanly.
+	 */
+	timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&info->wait_backend_disconnected,
+					      timeout);
+	if (!timeout) {
+		err = -EBUSY;
+		xenbus_dev_error(dev, err, "Freezing timed out;"
+				 "the device may become inconsistent state");
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int blkfront_restore(struct xenbus_device *dev)
+{
+	struct blkfront_info *info = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);
+	int err = 0;
+
+	err = talk_to_blkback(dev, info);
+	blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(info->rq);
+	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(info->rq);
+
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+	blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(&info->tag_set, info->nr_rings);
+
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
 static const struct block_device_operations xlvbd_block_fops =
 {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
@@ -2647,6 +2749,9 @@ static struct xenbus_driver blkfront_driver = {
 	.resume = blkfront_resume,
 	.otherend_changed = blkback_changed,
 	.is_ready = blkfront_is_ready,
+	.freeze = blkfront_freeze,
+	.thaw = blkfront_restore,
+	.restore = blkfront_restore
 };
 
 static void purge_persistent_grants(struct blkfront_info *info)
