diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index 9b99377..9910957 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -1928,52 +1928,21 @@
 
 static void linux_sys_state_suspend(SuspendMode mode, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(GError) local_gerr = NULL;
     const char *sysfile_strs[3] = {"disk", "mem", NULL};
     const char *sysfile_str = sysfile_strs[mode];
-    pid_t pid;
-    int status;
 
     if (!sysfile_str) {
         error_setg(errp, "unknown guest suspend mode");
         return;
     }
 
-    pid = fork();
-    if (!pid) {
-        /* child */
-        int fd;
-
-        setsid();
-        reopen_fd_to_null(0);
-        reopen_fd_to_null(1);
-        reopen_fd_to_null(2);
-
-        fd = open(LINUX_SYS_STATE_FILE, O_WRONLY);
-        if (fd < 0) {
-            _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
-
-        if (write(fd, sysfile_str, strlen(sysfile_str)) < 0) {
-            _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
-
-        _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-    } else if (pid < 0) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "failed to create child process");
+    if (!g_file_set_contents(LINUX_SYS_STATE_FILE, sysfile_str,
+                             -1, &local_gerr)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "suspend: cannot write to '%s': %s",
+                   LINUX_SYS_STATE_FILE, local_gerr->message);
         return;
     }
-
-    ga_wait_child(pid, &status, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (WEXITSTATUS(status)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "child process has failed to suspend");
-    }
-
 }
 
 static void guest_suspend(SuspendMode mode, Error **errp)