1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_backlight.c b/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_backlight.c
index b45f577094ac..5b75ae4e9457 100644
--- a/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/nvidia/nv_backlight.c
@@ -113,10 +113,14 @@ static struct backlight_properties nvidia_bl_data = {
 void nvidia_bl_set_power(struct fb_info *info, int power)
 {
         mutex_lock(&info->bl_mutex);
-        up(&info->bl_dev->sem);
-        info->bl_dev->props->power = power;
-        __nvidia_bl_update_status(info->bl_dev);
-        down(&info->bl_dev->sem);
+
+        if (info->bl_dev) {
+                down(&info->bl_dev->sem);
+                info->bl_dev->props->power = power;
+                __nvidia_bl_update_status(info->bl_dev);
+                up(&info->bl_dev->sem);
+        }
+
         mutex_unlock(&info->bl_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ void nvidia_bl_init(struct nvidia_par *par)
         bd = backlight_device_register(name, par, &nvidia_bl_data);
         if (IS_ERR(bd)) {
                 info->bl_dev = NULL;
-                printk("nvidia: Backlight registration failed\n");
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "nvidia: Backlight registration failed\n");
                 goto error;
         }
 
@@ -151,11 +155,11 @@ void nvidia_bl_init(struct nvidia_par *par)
                 0x534 * FB_BACKLIGHT_MAX / MAX_LEVEL);
         mutex_unlock(&info->bl_mutex);
 
-        up(&bd->sem);
+        down(&bd->sem);
         bd->props->brightness = nvidia_bl_data.max_brightness;
         bd->props->power = FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
         bd->props->update_status(bd);
-        down(&bd->sem);
+        up(&bd->sem);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT
         mutex_lock(&pmac_backlight_mutex);