The keyboard backlight is automatically disabled when the module is unloaded as it is exposed as a ledclass device. Change this behavior to ignore setting brightness when the device is in unloading state. Signed-off-by: Yurii Pavlovskyi <yurii.pavlovskyi@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c index 7974283b7b12..02c9639bf54f 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c @@ -483,6 +483,10 @@ static void do_kbd_led_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, int value) static void kbd_led_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, enum led_brightness value) { + /* Prevent disabling keyboard backlight on module unregister */ + if (led_cdev->flags & LED_UNREGISTERING) + return; + do_kbd_led_set(led_cdev, value); } -- 2.17.1