1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 62068a5e814f..ae3d6d152633 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ error:
  * functioning ECDT EC first in order to handle the events.
  * https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115021
  */
-int __init acpi_ec_ecdt_start(void)
+static int __init acpi_ec_ecdt_start(void)
 {
         acpi_handle handle;
 
@@ -2003,20 +2003,17 @@ static inline void acpi_ec_query_exit(void)
 int __init acpi_ec_init(void)
 {
         int result;
+        int ecdt_fail, dsdt_fail;
 
         /* register workqueue for _Qxx evaluations */
         result = acpi_ec_query_init();
         if (result)
-                goto err_exit;
-        /* Now register the driver for the EC */
-        result = acpi_bus_register_driver(&acpi_ec_driver);
-        if (result)
-                goto err_exit;
+                return result;
 
-err_exit:
-        if (result)
-                acpi_ec_query_exit();
-        return result;
+        /* Drivers must be started after acpi_ec_query_init() */
+        ecdt_fail = acpi_ec_ecdt_start();
+        dsdt_fail = acpi_bus_register_driver(&acpi_ec_driver);
+        return ecdt_fail && dsdt_fail ? -ENODEV : 0;
 }
 
 /* EC driver currently not unloadable */