In the present work, lanthanum phenylphosphonate (LaPP)-based multilayered film was fabricated on the surface of flexible polyurethane (PU) foam by layer-by-layer selfassembled method. The successful deposition of the coating was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX). Subsequently, the thermal decomposition and burning behavior of untreated and treated PU foams were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and cone calorimeter, respectively.The TGA results indicated that T max2 of treated PU foams were increased by approximately 15 C to 20 C as compared with untreated PU foam. The peak heat release rate (PHRR) and total heat release (THR) of PU-6 (with 19.5 wt% weight gain) were 188 kW/m 2 and 20.3 MJ/m 2 , with reductions of 70% and 15% as compared with those of untreated PU foam, respectively. Meanwhile, the smoke production of treated PU foam was suppressed after the construction of LaPP-based coating. K E Y W O R D S coating, flame retardancy, flexible polyurethane foam, lanthanum phenylphosphonate, smoke suppression