diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index feee866a9bdc..c82cb8f4657d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 36342742a3cbd52f7ca0582f23788c99c2ec8256
+refs/heads/master: d822d5c273683dc4bacd413953b11ad31513e997
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
index 222ffb892f22..7b5ee494cdf7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static int notify_brn(void)
 	struct backlight_device *bd = eeepc_backlight_device;
 	if (bd) {
 		int old = bd->props.brightness;
-		bd->props.brightness = read_brightness(bd);
+		backlight_force_update(bd, BACKLIGHT_UPDATE_HOTKEY);
 		return old;
 	}
 	return -1;