diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index efc5520f6694..4d83294ace00 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d5164dbf1f651d1e955b158fb70a9c844cc91cd1
+refs/heads/master: 1492616a434dae1908d0da2d6ee6605ca5a77e6f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
index 582b5cdd3f43..6c15720be6a4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
@@ -518,8 +518,13 @@ static void wmi_notify_debug(u32 value, void *context)
 {
 	struct acpi_buffer response = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
 	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 "wmi: bad event status 0x%x\n", status);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	obj = (union acpi_object *)response.pointer;
 
@@ -543,6 +548,7 @@ static void wmi_notify_debug(u32 value, void *context)
 	default:
 		printk("object type 0x%X\n", obj->type);
 	}
+	kfree(obj);
 }
 
 /**