diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8ee63e49e995..0dd1f4b7373b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cb78623517ca08a035a3f69c0ca6d68a0123e649
+refs/heads/master: b6d786dbe6fc19b51edd6cf6de84fd65b702c800
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/input/input.c b/trunk/drivers/input/input.c
index 9c98b6d6848b..9cb4b9a54f01 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -1056,8 +1056,11 @@ void input_register_handler(struct input_handler *handler)
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, &input_dev_list, node)
 		if (!handler->blacklist || !input_match_device(handler->blacklist, dev))
 			if ((id = input_match_device(handler->id_table, dev)))
-				if ((handle = handler->connect(handler, dev, id)))
+				if ((handle = handler->connect(handler, dev, id))) {
 					input_link_handle(handle);
+					if (handler->start)
+						handler->start(handle);
+				}
 
 	input_wakeup_procfs_readers();
 }