diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/gma.c b/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/gma.c
index a2de7f0fb0..1e6da69878 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/gma.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/gma.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void gma_func0_init(struct device *dev)
 	/* Post VBIOS init */
 	gma_pm_init_post_vbios(dev, edid_lvds.ascii_string);
 
-	if (CONFIG(MAINBOARD_USE_LIBGFXINIT)) {
+	if (CONFIG(MAINBOARD_USE_LIBGFXINIT) && !acpi_is_wakeup_s3()) {
 		int vga_disable = (pci_read_config16(dev, D0F0_GGC) & 2) >> 1;
 		if (vga_disable) {
 			printk(BIOS_INFO,