diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7d5ce2eabd17..3ace84da31eb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e70da5634835ecd8abb68d14cfc27384d01dd201
+refs/heads/master: 2d8348b429b4ae5cc47449c787881221fe43af4b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 43749c86861f..3f7935ab0cf5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -886,7 +886,8 @@ int __init acpi_ec_ecdt_probe(void)
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG PREFIX "Look up EC in DSDT\n");
 		status = acpi_get_devices(ec_device_ids[0].id, ec_parse_device,
 						boot_ec, NULL);
-		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+		/* Check that acpi_get_devices actually find something */
+		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !boot_ec->handle)
 			goto error;
 	}