1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
index 0b73e4ec1add..27e8de415309 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ out:
         return size;
 }
 
+static int itpm;
+module_param(itpm, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(itpm, "Force iTPM workarounds (found on some Lenovo laptops)");
+
 /*
  * If interrupts are used (signaled by an irq set in the vendor structure)
  * tpm.c can skip polling for the data to be available as the interrupt is
@@ -293,7 +297,7 @@ static int tpm_tis_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
                 wait_for_stat(chip, TPM_STS_VALID, chip->vendor.timeout_c,
                               &chip->vendor.int_queue);
                 status = tpm_tis_status(chip);
-                if ((status & TPM_STS_DATA_EXPECT) == 0) {
+                if (!itpm && (status & TPM_STS_DATA_EXPECT) == 0) {
                         rc = -EIO;
                         goto out_err;
                 }
@@ -467,6 +471,10 @@ static int tpm_tis_init(struct device *dev, resource_size_t start,
                  "1.2 TPM (device-id 0x%X, rev-id %d)\n",
                  vendor >> 16, ioread8(chip->vendor.iobase + TPM_RID(0)));
 
+        if (itpm)
+                dev_info(dev, "Intel iTPM workaround enabled\n");
+
+
         /* Figure out the capabilities */
         intfcaps =
             ioread32(chip->vendor.iobase +