diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 049370cf0d6e..851c58d472cc 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1709adab0773616da7a8190f2762e599afb0a295
+refs/heads/master: d4afc7754a60b885b63ef23fd194984e2d53a4e6
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c
index 0c595410e788..0d94eec00f4d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ static void ideapad_backlight_notify_power(struct ideapad_private *priv)
 	unsigned long power;
 	struct backlight_device *blightdev = priv->blightdev;
 
+	if (!blightdev)
+		return;
 	if (read_ec_data(ideapad_handle, 0x18, &power))
 		return;
 	blightdev->props.power = power ? FB_BLANK_UNBLANK : FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN;