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-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c21
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
index fb088dd8529e..5a290fed63a5 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
@@ -1899,14 +1899,21 @@ static int sony_nc_kbd_backlight_setup(struct platform_device *pd,
break;
}
- ret = sony_call_snc_handle(handle, probe_base, &result);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
+ /*
+ * Only probe if there is a separate probe_base, otherwise the probe call
+ * is equivalent to __sony_nc_kbd_backlight_mode_set(0), resulting in
+ * the keyboard backlight being turned off.
+ */
+ if (probe_base) {
+ ret = sony_call_snc_handle(handle, probe_base, &result);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
- if ((handle == 0x0137 && !(result & 0x02)) ||
- !(result & 0x01)) {
- dprintk("no backlight keyboard found\n");
- return 0;
+ if ((handle == 0x0137 && !(result & 0x02)) ||
+ !(result & 0x01)) {
+ dprintk("no backlight keyboard found\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
}
kbdbl_ctl = kzalloc(sizeof(*kbdbl_ctl), GFP_KERNEL);