1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 62b58a6261fe..50ea7bd0c922 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -1252,11 +1252,20 @@ int rt2x00lib_suspend(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, pm_message_t state)
 
 exit:
         /*
-         * Set device mode to sleep for power management.
+         * Set device mode to sleep for power management,
+         * on some hardware this call seems to consistently fail.
+         * From the specifications it is hard to tell why it fails,
+         * and if this is a "bad thing".
+         * Overall it is safe to just ignore the failure and
+         * continue suspending. The only downside is that the
+         * device will not be in optimal power save mode, but with
+         * the radio and the other components already disabled the
+         * device is as good as disabled.
          */
         retval = rt2x00dev->ops->lib->set_device_state(rt2x00dev, STATE_SLEEP);
         if (retval)
-                return retval;
+                WARNING(rt2x00dev, "Device failed to enter sleep state, "
+                        "continue suspending.\n");
 
         return 0;
 }