1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
index 4c7e70299d6b..500af8c9ada0 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
@@ -202,8 +202,13 @@ static void dell_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
         struct acpi_buffer response = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
         static struct key_entry *key;
         union acpi_object *obj;
+        acpi_status status;
 
-        wmi_get_event_data(value, &response);
+        status = wmi_get_event_data(value, &response);
+        if (status != AE_OK) {
+                printk(KERN_INFO "dell-wmi: bad event status 0x%x\n", status);
+                return;
+        }
 
         obj = (union acpi_object *)response.pointer;