1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index b2e59b395ce4..bbb0b0d463f7 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -177,18 +177,19 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev,
         /* Check whether the time interval has elapsed */
         if (!tdata->valid || time_after(jiffies, tdata->last_updated + HZ)) {
                 rdmsr_on_cpu(tdata->cpu, tdata->status_reg, &eax, &edx);
-                tdata->valid = 0;
-                /* Check whether the data is valid */
-                if (eax & 0x80000000) {
-                        tdata->temp = tdata->tjmax -
-                                        ((eax >> 16) & 0x7f) * 1000;
-                        tdata->valid = 1;
-                }
+                /*
+                 * Ignore the valid bit. In all observed cases the register
+                 * value is either low or zero if the valid bit is 0.
+                 * Return it instead of reporting an error which doesn't
+                 * really help at all.
+                 */
+                tdata->temp = tdata->tjmax - ((eax >> 16) & 0x7f) * 1000;
+                tdata->valid = 1;
                 tdata->last_updated = jiffies;
         }
 
         mutex_unlock(&tdata->update_lock);
-        return tdata->valid ? sprintf(buf, "%d\n", tdata->temp) : -EAGAIN;
+        return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", tdata->temp);
 }
 
 struct tjmax_pci {