diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-source.c b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-source.c
index 2c8615582..3e9e6e1f3 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-source.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-source.c
@@ -399,12 +399,8 @@ static int impl_node_send_command(void *object, const struct spa_command *comman
 		spa_vulkan_start(&this->state);
 		break;
 	}
+	case SPA_NODE_COMMAND_Suspend:
 	case SPA_NODE_COMMAND_Pause:
-		if (!port->have_format)
-			return -EIO;
-		if (port->n_buffers == 0)
-			return -EIO;
-
 		if (!this->started)
 			return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c b/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c
index 6532125af..9e3b05de1 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-client-node/remote-node.c
@@ -469,6 +469,15 @@ static int client_node_command(void *object, const struct spa_command *command)
 			pw_proxy_error(proxy, res, "start failed");
 		}
 		break;
+
+	case SPA_NODE_COMMAND_Suspend:
+		pw_log_debug("node %p: suspend", proxy);
+		if ((res = pw_node_set_state(data->node, PW_NODE_STATE_SUSPENDED)) < 0) {
+			pw_log_warn("node %p: suspend failed", proxy);
+			pw_proxy_error(proxy, res, "suspend failed");
+		}
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		pw_log_warn("unhandled node command %d", SPA_NODE_COMMAND_ID(command));
 		res = -ENOTSUP;