diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 00d154cb87e4..ea5ce2815f60 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f27725756be8a2c2dc65eaf70d0b52807aa2f113
+refs/heads/master: fda11e61ff8a4e3a8ebbd434e46560b67cc0ca9d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
index 4c7e70299d6b..500af8c9ada0 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
@@ -202,8 +202,13 @@ static void dell_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
 	struct acpi_buffer response = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
 	static struct key_entry *key;
 	union acpi_object *obj;
+	acpi_status status;
 
-	wmi_get_event_data(value, &response);
+	status = wmi_get_event_data(value, &response);
+	if (status != AE_OK) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "dell-wmi: bad event status 0x%x\n", status);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	obj = (union acpi_object *)response.pointer;
 
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
index 18bf74136d24..5b648f0c6075 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
@@ -338,8 +338,13 @@ static void hp_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
 	static struct key_entry *key;
 	union acpi_object *obj;
 	int eventcode;
+	acpi_status status;
 
-	wmi_get_event_data(value, &response);
+	status = wmi_get_event_data(value, &response);
+	if (status != AE_OK) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "hp-wmi: bad event status 0x%x\n", status);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	obj = (union acpi_object *)response.pointer;
 
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
index f746c677adaa..f5f70d4c6913 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
@@ -149,8 +149,13 @@ static void msi_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
 	static struct key_entry *key;
 	union acpi_object *obj;
 	ktime_t cur;
+	acpi_status status;
 
-	wmi_get_event_data(value, &response);
+	status = wmi_get_event_data(value, &response);
+	if (status != AE_OK) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO DRV_PFX "bad event status 0x%x\n", status);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	obj = (union acpi_object *)response.pointer;