diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c b/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
index 3888dc307e0ce09d47aebc89eeb983df02be5f40..06b05dd2248508e3c2516048e4abddec26e88abd 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ static irqreturn_t __devinit i8042_aux_test_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned char str, data;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&i8042_lock, flags);
 	str = i8042_read_status();
@@ -520,10 +521,11 @@ static irqreturn_t __devinit i8042_aux_test_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		if (i8042_irq_being_tested &&
 		    data == 0xa5 && (str & I8042_STR_AUXDATA))
 			complete(&i8042_aux_irq_delivered);
+		ret = 1;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8042_lock, flags);
 
-	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+	return IRQ_RETVAL(ret);
 }
 
 /*