1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bay.c b/drivers/acpi/bay.c
index fb3f31b5e69f..00d3f3f17a2a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bay.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bay.c
@@ -288,6 +288,11 @@ static int bay_add(acpi_handle handle, int id)
         new_bay->pdev = pdev;
         platform_set_drvdata(pdev, new_bay);
 
+        /*
+         * we want the bay driver to be able to send uevents
+         */
+        pdev->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
+
         if (acpi_bay_add_fs(new_bay)) {
                 platform_device_unregister(new_bay->pdev);
                 goto bay_add_err;