1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utstate.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utstate.c
index 0f5c5bb5deff..eaa13d05c859 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utstate.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utstate.c
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ struct acpi_thread_state *acpi_ut_create_thread_state(void)
         state->common.descriptor_type = ACPI_DESC_TYPE_STATE_THREAD;
         state->thread.thread_id = acpi_os_get_thread_id();
 
+        /* Check for invalid thread ID - zero is very bad, it will break things */
+
+        if (!state->thread.thread_id) {
+                ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Invalid zero ID from AcpiOsGetThreadId"));
+                state->thread.thread_id = (acpi_thread_id) 1;
+        }
+
         return_PTR((struct acpi_thread_state *)state);
 }