diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
index 31d807482152..95d847c9de79 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
@@ -568,6 +568,10 @@ static int tpm_hwrng_read(struct hwrng *rng, void *data, size_t max, bool wait)
 {
 	struct tpm_chip *chip = container_of(rng, struct tpm_chip, hwrng);
 
+	/* Give back zero bytes, as TPM chip has not yet fully resumed: */
+	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED)
+		return 0;
+
 	return tpm_get_random(chip, data, max);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index 7e513b771832..0f941cb32eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ int tpm_pm_suspend(struct device *dev)
 	}
 
 suspended:
+	chip->flags |= TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED;
+
 	if (rc)
 		dev_err(dev, "Ignoring error %d while suspending\n", rc);
 	return 0;
@@ -429,6 +431,14 @@ int tpm_pm_resume(struct device *dev)
 	if (chip == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	chip->flags &= ~TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED;
+
+	/*
+	 * Guarantee that SUSPENDED is written last, so that hwrng does not
+	 * activate before the chip has been fully resumed.
+	 */
+	wmb();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_pm_resume);
diff --git a/include/linux/tpm.h b/include/linux/tpm.h
index cea64d58ef9f..4e22e4f4cec8 100644
--- a/include/linux/tpm.h
+++ b/include/linux/tpm.h
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ enum tpm_chip_flags {
 	TPM_CHIP_FLAG_ALWAYS_POWERED		= BIT(5),
 	TPM_CHIP_FLAG_FIRMWARE_POWER_MANAGED	= BIT(6),
 	TPM_CHIP_FLAG_FIRMWARE_UPGRADE		= BIT(7),
+	TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED			= BIT(8),
 };
 
 #define to_tpm_chip(d) container_of(d, struct tpm_chip, dev)