{
        struct acpi_button *button = acpi_driver_data(device);
        struct input_dev *input;
+       int users;
 
        switch (event) {
        case ACPI_FIXED_HARDWARE_EVENT:
        case ACPI_BUTTON_NOTIFY_STATUS:
                input = button->input;
                if (button->type == ACPI_BUTTON_TYPE_LID) {
-                       acpi_lid_update_state(device);
+                       mutex_lock(&button->input->mutex);
+                       users = button->input->users;
+                       mutex_unlock(&button->input->mutex);
+                       if (users)
+                               acpi_lid_update_state(device);
                } else {
                        int keycode;
 
        struct acpi_button *button = acpi_driver_data(device);
 
        button->suspended = false;
-       if (button->type == ACPI_BUTTON_TYPE_LID)
+       if (button->type == ACPI_BUTTON_TYPE_LID && button->input->users)
                acpi_lid_initialize_state(device);
        return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
+static int acpi_lid_input_open(struct input_dev *input)
+{
+       struct acpi_device *device = input_get_drvdata(input);
+       struct acpi_button *button = acpi_driver_data(device);
+
+       button->last_state = !!acpi_lid_evaluate_state(device);
+       button->last_time = ktime_get();
+       acpi_lid_initialize_state(device);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static int acpi_button_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 {
        struct acpi_button *button;
                strcpy(name, ACPI_BUTTON_DEVICE_NAME_LID);
                sprintf(class, "%s/%s",
                        ACPI_BUTTON_CLASS, ACPI_BUTTON_SUBCLASS_LID);
-               button->last_state = !!acpi_lid_evaluate_state(device);
-               button->last_time = ktime_get();
+               input->open = acpi_lid_input_open;
        } else {
                printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Unsupported hid [%s]\n", hid);
                error = -ENODEV;
                break;
        }
 
+       input_set_drvdata(input, device);
        error = input_register_device(input);
        if (error)
                goto err_remove_fs;
        if (button->type == ACPI_BUTTON_TYPE_LID) {
-               acpi_lid_initialize_state(device);
                /*
                 * This assumes there's only one lid device, or if there are
                 * more we only care about the last one...