diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acevents.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acevents.h
index fa68544c7c0757c52726d9533b7387dc9dc4536f..1ad1608cc88057e9788537970b6d1d2381383c62 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acevents.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acevents.h
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@
 #ifndef __ACEVENTS_H__
 #define __ACEVENTS_H__
 
+/*
+ * Conditions to trigger post enabling GPE polling:
+ * It is not sufficient to trigger edge-triggered GPE with specific GPE
+ * chips, software need to poll once after enabling.
+ */
+#ifdef ACPI_USE_GPE_POLLING
+#define ACPI_GPE_IS_POLLING_NEEDED(__gpe__)             \
+	((__gpe__)->runtime_count == 1 &&                   \
+	 (__gpe__)->flags & ACPI_GPE_INITIALIZED &&         \
+	 ((__gpe__)->flags & ACPI_GPE_XRUPT_TYPE_MASK) == ACPI_GPE_EDGE_TRIGGERED)
+#else
+#define ACPI_GPE_IS_POLLING_NEEDED(__gpe__)             FALSE
+#endif
+
 /*
  * evevent
  */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeblk.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeblk.c
index 7ce756cc28abb4189dc6cae94d01f19f11d37f50..107f3ec5dee6787da2fbda1812f825476e9ac2be 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpeblk.c
@@ -437,16 +437,16 @@ acpi_ev_create_gpe_block(struct acpi_namespace_node *gpe_device,
 acpi_status
 acpi_ev_initialize_gpe_block(struct acpi_gpe_xrupt_info *gpe_xrupt_info,
 			     struct acpi_gpe_block_info *gpe_block,
-			     void *ignored)
+			     void *context)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
-	acpi_event_status event_status;
 	struct acpi_gpe_event_info *gpe_event_info;
 	u32 gpe_enabled_count;
 	u32 gpe_index;
 	u32 gpe_number;
 	u32 i;
 	u32 j;
+	u8 *is_polling_needed = context;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ev_initialize_gpe_block);
 
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ acpi_ev_initialize_gpe_block(struct acpi_gpe_xrupt_info *gpe_xrupt_info,
 			gpe_index = (i * ACPI_GPE_REGISTER_WIDTH) + j;
 			gpe_event_info = &gpe_block->event_info[gpe_index];
 			gpe_number = gpe_block->block_base_number + gpe_index;
+			gpe_event_info->flags |= ACPI_GPE_INITIALIZED;
 
 			/*
 			 * Ignore GPEs that have no corresponding _Lxx/_Exx method
@@ -484,10 +485,6 @@ acpi_ev_initialize_gpe_block(struct acpi_gpe_xrupt_info *gpe_xrupt_info,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			event_status = 0;
-			(void)acpi_hw_get_gpe_status(gpe_event_info,
-						     &event_status);
-
 			status = acpi_ev_add_gpe_reference(gpe_event_info);
 			if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 				ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status,
@@ -498,12 +495,9 @@ acpi_ev_initialize_gpe_block(struct acpi_gpe_xrupt_info *gpe_xrupt_info,
 
 			gpe_event_info->flags |= ACPI_GPE_AUTO_ENABLED;
 
-			if (event_status & ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_STATUS_SET) {
-				ACPI_INFO(("GPE 0x%02X active on init",
-					   gpe_number));
-				(void)acpi_ev_gpe_dispatch(gpe_block->node,
-							   gpe_event_info,
-							   gpe_number);
+			if (is_polling_needed &&
+			    ACPI_GPE_IS_POLLING_NEEDED(gpe_event_info)) {
+				*is_polling_needed = TRUE;
 			}
 
 			gpe_enabled_count++;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxface.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxface.c
index 9b3c01bf1438ec44fd1ef683e72c8d05e9da7ea5..b6e462f33b0d0b1e18fc4e45ace46df1ecf1142a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxface.c
@@ -1006,6 +1006,15 @@ acpi_remove_gpe_handler(acpi_handle gpe_device,
 	     (ACPI_GPE_DISPATCH_TYPE(handler->original_flags) ==
 	      ACPI_GPE_DISPATCH_NOTIFY)) && handler->originally_enabled) {
 		(void)acpi_ev_add_gpe_reference(gpe_event_info);
+		if (ACPI_GPE_IS_POLLING_NEEDED(gpe_event_info)) {
+
+			/* Poll edge triggered GPEs to handle existing events */
+
+			acpi_os_release_lock(acpi_gbl_gpe_lock, flags);
+			(void)acpi_ev_detect_gpe(gpe_device, gpe_event_info,
+						 gpe_number);
+			flags = acpi_os_acquire_lock(acpi_gbl_gpe_lock);
+		}
 	}
 
 	acpi_os_release_lock(acpi_gbl_gpe_lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c
index cbb1598df9dcfc915b58088f2d3cf71f9171c07c..f9303444f7f75b0023a8b6541c5d60f08774eee0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfgpe.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ ACPI_MODULE_NAME("evxfgpe")
 acpi_status acpi_update_all_gpes(void)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
+	u8 is_polling_needed = FALSE;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(acpi_update_all_gpes);
 
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ acpi_status acpi_update_all_gpes(void)
 		goto unlock_and_exit;
 	}
 
-	status = acpi_ev_walk_gpe_list(acpi_ev_initialize_gpe_block, NULL);
+	status = acpi_ev_walk_gpe_list(acpi_ev_initialize_gpe_block,
+				       &is_polling_needed);
 	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
 		acpi_gbl_all_gpes_initialized = TRUE;
 	}
@@ -97,6 +99,12 @@ acpi_status acpi_update_all_gpes(void)
 unlock_and_exit:
 	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_EVENTS);
 
+	if (is_polling_needed && acpi_gbl_all_gpes_initialized) {
+
+		/* Poll GPEs to handle already triggered events */
+
+		acpi_ev_gpe_detect(acpi_gbl_gpe_xrupt_list_head);
+	}
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }
 
@@ -135,6 +143,17 @@ acpi_status acpi_enable_gpe(acpi_handle gpe_device, u32 gpe_number)
 		if (ACPI_GPE_DISPATCH_TYPE(gpe_event_info->flags) !=
 		    ACPI_GPE_DISPATCH_NONE) {
 			status = acpi_ev_add_gpe_reference(gpe_event_info);
+			if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status) &&
+			    ACPI_GPE_IS_POLLING_NEEDED(gpe_event_info)) {
+
+				/* Poll edge-triggered GPEs to handle existing events */
+
+				acpi_os_release_lock(acpi_gbl_gpe_lock, flags);
+				(void)acpi_ev_detect_gpe(gpe_device,
+							 gpe_event_info,
+							 gpe_number);
+				flags = acpi_os_acquire_lock(acpi_gbl_gpe_lock);
+			}
 		} else {
 			status = AE_NO_HANDLER;
 		}
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 310b542abe238e2ec674f4bf1a32591d751892b6..a894ea13dcba00fbe31a7531e5493a55cc19afc6 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ typedef u32 acpi_event_status;
 
 #define ACPI_GPE_CAN_WAKE               (u8) 0x10
 #define ACPI_GPE_AUTO_ENABLED           (u8) 0x20
+#define ACPI_GPE_INITIALIZED            (u8) 0x40
 
 /*
  * Flags for GPE and Lock interfaces
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
index e6e7572541387406c0d05c797ebb1c6a32c7614e..88c50bbcc4d0a7158ad7c3dea5dd704524e6456b 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #define ACPI_USE_SYSTEM_INTTYPES
+#define ACPI_USE_GPE_POLLING
 
 /* Kernel specific ACPICA configuration */