diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8856a839173c..019dd7b727fb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 386e4a8358239f90275e1f93d5ad11cdc93c6453
+refs/heads/master: 7695fb04aca62e2d8a7ca6ede50f6211e1d71e53
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
index 9d93cb971e59..8fb983f5629e 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
@@ -510,7 +510,8 @@ static int eeepc_hotk_check(void)
 static void notify_brn(void)
 {
 	struct backlight_device *bd = eeepc_backlight_device;
-	bd->props.brightness = read_brightness(bd);
+	if (bd)
+		bd->props.brightness = read_brightness(bd);
 }
 
 static void eeepc_hotk_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)