diff --git a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
index 9073ada888354ac7cff6f0b8d38803495b5f763d..77b8e1eaa71743e189b862f4dfd1229e93f84848 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int acpi_thermal_trips_update(struct acpi_thermal *tz, int flag)
 	int valid = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	/* Critical Shutdown (required) */
+	/* Critical Shutdown */
 	if (flag & ACPI_TRIPS_CRITICAL) {
 		status = acpi_evaluate_integer(tz->device->handle,
 				"_CRT", NULL, &tmp);
@@ -379,17 +379,19 @@ static int acpi_thermal_trips_update(struct acpi_thermal *tz, int flag)
 		 * Below zero (Celsius) values clearly aren't right for sure..
 		 * ... so lets discard those as invalid.
 		 */
-		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) ||
-				tz->trips.critical.temperature <= 2732) {
+		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+			tz->trips.critical.flags.valid = 0;
+			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
+					  "No critical threshold\n"));
+		} else if (tmp <= 2732) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING FW_BUG "Invalid critical threshold "
+			       "(%llu)\n", tmp);
 			tz->trips.critical.flags.valid = 0;
-			ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status,
-					"No or invalid critical threshold"));
-			return -ENODEV;
 		} else {
 			tz->trips.critical.flags.valid = 1;
 			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
-					"Found critical threshold [%lu]\n",
-					tz->trips.critical.temperature));
+					  "Found critical threshold [%lu]\n",
+					  tz->trips.critical.temperature));
 		}
 		if (tz->trips.critical.flags.valid == 1) {
 			if (crt == -1) {