1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
index 98ec717b14cf..4efc12cf6173 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -751,6 +751,9 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle)
                 return PTR_ERR(dock_device);
         }
 
+        /* we want the dock device to send uevents */
+        dock_device->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
+
         ret = device_create_file(&dock_device->dev, &dev_attr_docked);
         if (ret) {
                 printk("Error %d adding sysfs file\n", ret);