diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6d933ece6ed7..bd4d6ab406fb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1021e2119eb33a990a2b9ff1410805dd9bdf7997
+refs/heads/master: 2a7dc0d8c60325e9bf820900bf919430e5a419ab
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c
index 8fb8b3591048..1b7a28c1da73 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c
@@ -738,8 +738,9 @@ static void asus_hotk_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 		lcd_blank(FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN);
 	}
 
-	acpi_bus_generate_proc_event(hotk->device, event,
-				hotk->event_count[event % 128]++);
+	acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(hotk->device->pnp.device_class,
+					dev_name(&hotk->device->dev), event,
+					hotk->event_count[event % 128]++);
 
 	return;
 }