diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb_wwan.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb_wwan.c
index 112693a4100be534395423cf978e9f3b878a63a9..2b8f02696c005a017ac54326058fa5fa588af1ed 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb_wwan.c
@@ -579,20 +579,17 @@ static void stop_read_write_urbs(struct usb_serial *serial)
 int usb_wwan_suspend(struct usb_serial *serial, pm_message_t message)
 {
 	struct usb_wwan_intf_private *intfdata = serial->private;
-	int b;
 
+	spin_lock_irq(&intfdata->susp_lock);
 	if (PMSG_IS_AUTO(message)) {
-		spin_lock_irq(&intfdata->susp_lock);
-		b = intfdata->in_flight;
-		spin_unlock_irq(&intfdata->susp_lock);
-
-		if (b)
+		if (intfdata->in_flight) {
+			spin_unlock_irq(&intfdata->susp_lock);
 			return -EBUSY;
+		}
 	}
-
-	spin_lock_irq(&intfdata->susp_lock);
 	intfdata->suspended = 1;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&intfdata->susp_lock);
+
 	stop_read_write_urbs(serial);
 
 	return 0;