1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 44a7f13c788b..3522723eb6b8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1623,7 +1623,13 @@ static int decode_dmi(dmi_header_t *dm, int intf_num)
                 }
         } else {
                 /* Old DMI spec. */
-                ipmi_data->base_addr = base_addr;
+                /* Note that technically, the lower bit of the base
+                 * address should be 1 if the address is I/O and 0 if
+                 * the address is in memory.  So many systems get that
+                 * wrong (and all that I have seen are I/O) so we just
+                 * ignore that bit and assume I/O.  Systems that use
+                 * memory should use the newer spec, anyway. */
+                ipmi_data->base_addr = base_addr & 0xfffe;
                 ipmi_data->addr_space = IPMI_IO_ADDR_SPACE;
                 ipmi_data->offset = 1;
         }