* In the _LSI, _LSR, _LSW case the locked status is
                 * communicated via the read/write commands
                 */
-               if (nfit_mem->has_lsi)
+               if (nfit_mem->has_lsr)
                        break;
 
                if (status >> 16 & ND_CONFIG_LOCKED)
                        min_t(u32, 256, in_buf.buffer.length), true);
 
        /* call the BIOS, prefer the named methods over _DSM if available */
-       if (nvdimm && cmd == ND_CMD_GET_CONFIG_SIZE && nfit_mem->has_lsi)
+       if (nvdimm && cmd == ND_CMD_GET_CONFIG_SIZE && nfit_mem->has_lsr)
                out_obj = acpi_label_info(handle);
        else if (nvdimm && cmd == ND_CMD_GET_CONFIG_DATA && nfit_mem->has_lsr) {
                struct nd_cmd_get_config_data_hdr *p = buf;
        device_unlock(dev->parent);
 }
 
+static bool acpi_nvdimm_has_method(struct acpi_device *adev, char *method)
+{
+       acpi_handle handle;
+       acpi_status status;
+
+       status = acpi_get_handle(adev->handle, method, &handle);
+
+       if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
+               return true;
+       return false;
+}
+
 static int acpi_nfit_add_dimm(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc,
                struct nfit_mem *nfit_mem, u32 device_handle)
 {
        struct acpi_device *adev, *adev_dimm;
        struct device *dev = acpi_desc->dev;
-       union acpi_object *obj;
        unsigned long dsm_mask;
        const guid_t *guid;
        int i;
                                        1ULL << i))
                        set_bit(i, &nfit_mem->dsm_mask);
 
-       obj = acpi_label_info(adev_dimm->handle);
-       if (obj) {
-               ACPI_FREE(obj);
-               nfit_mem->has_lsi = 1;
-               dev_dbg(dev, "%s: has _LSI\n", dev_name(&adev_dimm->dev));
-       }
-
-       obj = acpi_label_read(adev_dimm->handle, 0, 0);
-       if (obj) {
-               ACPI_FREE(obj);
-               nfit_mem->has_lsr = 1;
+       if (acpi_nvdimm_has_method(adev_dimm, "_LSI")
+                       && acpi_nvdimm_has_method(adev_dimm, "_LSR")) {
                dev_dbg(dev, "%s: has _LSR\n", dev_name(&adev_dimm->dev));
+               nfit_mem->has_lsr = true;
        }
 
-       obj = acpi_label_write(adev_dimm->handle, 0, 0, NULL);
-       if (obj) {
-               ACPI_FREE(obj);
-               nfit_mem->has_lsw = 1;
+       if (nfit_mem->has_lsr && acpi_nvdimm_has_method(adev_dimm, "_LSW")) {
                dev_dbg(dev, "%s: has _LSW\n", dev_name(&adev_dimm->dev));
+               nfit_mem->has_lsw = true;
        }
 
        return 0;
                        cmd_mask |= nfit_mem->dsm_mask & NVDIMM_STANDARD_CMDMASK;
                }
 
-               if (nfit_mem->has_lsi)
+               if (nfit_mem->has_lsr) {
                        set_bit(ND_CMD_GET_CONFIG_SIZE, &cmd_mask);
-               if (nfit_mem->has_lsr)
                        set_bit(ND_CMD_GET_CONFIG_DATA, &cmd_mask);
+               }
                if (nfit_mem->has_lsw)
                        set_bit(ND_CMD_SET_CONFIG_DATA, &cmd_mask);