1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
index f746c677adaa..f5f70d4c6913 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
@@ -149,8 +149,13 @@ static void msi_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
         static struct key_entry *key;
         union acpi_object *obj;
         ktime_t cur;
+        acpi_status status;
 
-        wmi_get_event_data(value, &response);
+        status = wmi_get_event_data(value, &response);
+        if (status != AE_OK) {
+                printk(KERN_INFO DRV_PFX "bad event status 0x%x\n", status);
+                return;
+        }
 
         obj = (union acpi_object *)response.pointer;