diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6d2ff8fa3b74..9cc836c8c22f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a489f0b555b753f9df8ddc24c7e74f657ef7ee7b
+refs/heads/master: 84a139a985300901dfad99bd93c7345d180af860
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/trunk/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 59268266b79a..9c76a061a04d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ static int balloon(void *_vballoon)
 		try_to_freeze();
 		wait_event_interruptible(vb->config_change,
 					 (diff = towards_target(vb)) != 0
-					 || kthread_should_stop());
+					 || kthread_should_stop()
+					 || freezing(current));
 		if (diff > 0)
 			fill_balloon(vb, diff);
 		else if (diff < 0)