diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b8904c5323c6..99dff03865fb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d91df1aaa9e4c06f8ea10d4935888c4f1976ef56
+refs/heads/master: 5d57a6a55ec0bdcb952dbcd3f8ffcde8a3ee9413
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 348a19e19b64..3ffe172d1a88 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 	}
 	down(&ec->sem);
 
+	/* Make sure GPE is enabled before doing transaction */
+	acpi_enable_gpe(NULL, ec->gpe_bit, ACPI_NOT_ISR);
+
 	status = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBF_0);
 	if (status) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG PREFIX "read EC, IB not empty\n");