diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 8dd2d4dce7c3231c608a876138eb9be76c74c273..a06d9837470585aaf0298b3f3f96f7e94bd64724 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -987,6 +987,10 @@ static struct dmi_system_id ec_dmi_table[] __initdata = {
 	ec_skip_dsdt_scan, "HP Folio 13", {
 	DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
 	DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP Folio 13"),}, NULL},
+	{
+	ec_validate_ecdt, "ASUS hardware", {
+	DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "ASUSTek Computer Inc."),
+	DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "L4R"),}, NULL},
 	{},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
index 9063239e0b137070c54afef1c574ba701fbed3c3..6a0329340b42ad188add760db66ebcc17ba9ab22 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
@@ -475,14 +475,14 @@ static int acpi_thermal_trips_update(struct acpi_thermal *tz, int flag)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if (flag & ACPI_TRIPS_DEVICES) {
-		memset(&devices, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_handle_list));
+	if ((flag & ACPI_TRIPS_DEVICES)
+	    && acpi_has_method(tz->device->handle, "_TZD")) {
+		memset(&devices, 0, sizeof(devices));
 		status = acpi_evaluate_reference(tz->device->handle, "_TZD",
 						NULL, &devices);
-		if (memcmp(&tz->devices, &devices,
-				sizeof(struct acpi_handle_list))) {
-			memcpy(&tz->devices, &devices,
-				sizeof(struct acpi_handle_list));
+		if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)
+		    && memcmp(&tz->devices, &devices, sizeof(devices))) {
+			tz->devices = devices;
 			ACPI_THERMAL_TRIPS_EXCEPTION(flag, "device");
 		}
 	}