diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c
index 2d912b71e543..dcde9ddd105a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ acpi_system_write_sleep(struct file *file,
 	state = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
 	if (state == 4) {
-		error = software_suspend();
+		error = pm_suspend(PM_SUSPEND_DISK);
 		goto Done;
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/tps65010.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/tps65010.c
index 214fbb1423c5..7ed92dc3d833 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/tps65010.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/tps65010.c
@@ -351,8 +351,10 @@ static void tps65010_interrupt(struct tps65010 *tps)
 #if 0
 			/* REVISIT:  this might need its own workqueue
 			 * plus tweaks including deadlock avoidance ...
+			 * also needs to get error handling and probably
+			 * an #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
 			 */
-			software_suspend();
+			pm_suspend(PM_SUSPEND_DISK);
 #endif
 			poll = 1;
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 9abf120ec9f8..dbbdbd1bec77 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ void __init parse_early_param(void);
 #define __obsolete_setup(str) 			/* nothing */
 #endif
 
-/* Data marked not to be saved by software_suspend() */
+/* Data marked not to be saved by software suspend */
 #define __nosavedata __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.nosave")))
 
 /* This means "can be init if no module support, otherwise module load
diff --git a/include/linux/suspend.h b/include/linux/suspend.h
index 3cc4d6394c07..3aecc96acc76 100644
--- a/include/linux/suspend.h
+++ b/include/linux/suspend.h
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ static inline void pm_restore_console(void) {}
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PM) && defined(CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND)
-/* kernel/power/swsusp.c */
-extern int software_suspend(void);
 /* kernel/power/snapshot.c */
 extern void __init register_nosave_region(unsigned long, unsigned long);
 extern int swsusp_page_is_forbidden(struct page *);
@@ -42,12 +40,6 @@ extern void swsusp_set_page_free(struct page *);
 extern void swsusp_unset_page_free(struct page *);
 extern unsigned long get_safe_page(gfp_t gfp_mask);
 #else
-static inline int software_suspend(void)
-{
-	printk("Warning: fake suspend called\n");
-	return -ENOSYS;
-}
-
 static inline void register_nosave_region(unsigned long b, unsigned long e) {}
 static inline int swsusp_page_is_forbidden(struct page *p) { return 0; }
 static inline void swsusp_set_page_free(struct page *p) {}
diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c
index 5a779270cdbc..f6dda685e7e2 100644
--- a/kernel/power/main.c
+++ b/kernel/power/main.c
@@ -184,17 +184,21 @@ static void suspend_finish(suspend_state_t state)
 static const char * const pm_states[PM_SUSPEND_MAX] = {
 	[PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY]	= "standby",
 	[PM_SUSPEND_MEM]	= "mem",
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
 	[PM_SUSPEND_DISK]	= "disk",
-#endif
 };
 
 static inline int valid_state(suspend_state_t state)
 {
 	/* Suspend-to-disk does not really need low-level support.
-	 * It can work with reboot if needed. */
+	 * It can work with shutdown/reboot if needed. If it isn't
+	 * configured, then it cannot be supported.
+	 */
 	if (state == PM_SUSPEND_DISK)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
 		return 1;
+#else
+		return 0;
+#endif
 
 	/* all other states need lowlevel support and need to be
 	 * valid to the lowlevel implementation, no valid callback
@@ -244,17 +248,6 @@ static int enter_state(suspend_state_t state)
 	return error;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
-/*
- * This is main interface to the outside world. It needs to be
- * called from process context.
- */
-int software_suspend(void)
-{
-	return enter_state(PM_SUSPEND_DISK);
-}
-#endif
-
 
 /**
  *	pm_suspend - Externally visible function for suspending system.
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 123b165080e6..fe1f3ab20477 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_reboot(int magic1, int magic2, unsigned int cmd, void __user
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
 	case LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_SW_SUSPEND:
 		{
-			int ret = software_suspend();
+			int ret = pm_suspend(PM_SUSPEND_DISK);
 			unlock_kernel();
 			return ret;
 		}