1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep/poweroff.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep/poweroff.c
index 186b182c5825..f93d2ee54800 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep/poweroff.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep/poweroff.c
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ void acpi_power_off(void)
 
 static int acpi_shutdown(struct sys_device *x)
 {
-        return acpi_sleep_prepare(ACPI_STATE_S5);
+        if (system_state == SYSTEM_POWER_OFF) {
+                /* Prepare if we are going to power off the system */
+                return acpi_sleep_prepare(ACPI_STATE_S5);
+        }
+        return 0;
 }
 
 static struct sysdev_class acpi_sysclass = {