diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9997ccb9312c..07b61e03b977 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2548c06b72396e28abdb5dd572ab589c3c22f4b9
+refs/heads/master: 8ea86e0ba7c9d16ae0f35cb0c4165194fa573f7a
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/trunk/drivers/acpi/dock.c
index 8c6828bee5d9..215f5b30a1f1 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -326,10 +326,12 @@ static void hotplug_dock_devices(struct dock_station *ds, u32 event)
 
 static void dock_event(struct dock_station *ds, u32 event, int num)
 {
+	struct device *dev = &dock_device.dev;
 	/*
-	 * we don't do events until someone tells me that
-	 * they would like to have them.
+	 * Indicate that the status of the dock station has
+	 * changed.
 	 */
+	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
 }
 
 /**