diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index fa923a9292244b416d4d54baa346578d06e0a5db..dd535b4b9a160b1f76ee47bf6be49d5226e3f0e0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ int acpi_bus_get_status(struct acpi_device *device)
 	acpi_status status;
 	unsigned long long sta;
 
-	if (acpi_device_always_present(device)) {
-		acpi_set_device_status(device, ACPI_STA_DEFAULT);
+	if (acpi_device_override_status(device, &sta)) {
+		acpi_set_device_status(device, sta);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/x86/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/x86/utils.c
index 3bcac98f6eca6c65f64d8ce379ee4de4703efd9f..edb4f3fd93dc3761712529cba32dfaf9f0337e53 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/x86/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/x86/utils.c
@@ -22,54 +22,63 @@
  * Some BIOS-es (temporarily) hide specific APCI devices to work around Windows
  * driver bugs. We use DMI matching to match known cases of this.
  *
- * We work around this by always reporting ACPI_STA_DEFAULT for these
- * devices. Note this MUST only be done for devices where this is safe.
+ * Likewise sometimes some not-actually present devices are sometimes
+ * reported as present, which may cause issues.
  *
- * This forcing of devices to be present is limited to specific CPU (SoC)
- * models both to avoid potentially causing trouble on other models and
- * because some HIDs are re-used on different SoCs for completely
- * different devices.
+ * We work around this by using the below quirk list to override the status
+ * reported by the _STA method with a fixed value (ACPI_STA_DEFAULT or 0).
+ * Note this MUST only be done for devices where this is safe.
+ *
+ * This status overriding is limited to specific CPU (SoC) models both to
+ * avoid potentially causing trouble on other models and because some HIDs
+ * are re-used on different SoCs for completely different devices.
  */
-struct always_present_id {
+struct override_status_id {
 	struct acpi_device_id hid[2];
 	struct x86_cpu_id cpu_ids[2];
 	struct dmi_system_id dmi_ids[2]; /* Optional */
 	const char *uid;
+	unsigned long long status;
 };
 
-#define X86_MATCH(model)	X86_MATCH_INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(model, NULL)
-
-#define ENTRY(hid, uid, cpu_models, dmi...) {				\
+#define ENTRY(status, hid, uid, cpu_model, dmi...) {			\
 	{ { hid, }, {} },						\
-	{ cpu_models, {} },						\
+	{ X86_MATCH_INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(cpu_model, NULL), {} },		\
 	{ { .matches = dmi }, {} },					\
 	uid,								\
+	status,								\
 }
 
-static const struct always_present_id always_present_ids[] = {
+#define PRESENT_ENTRY_HID(hid, uid, cpu_model, dmi...) \
+	ENTRY(ACPI_STA_DEFAULT, hid, uid, cpu_model, dmi)
+
+#define NOT_PRESENT_ENTRY_HID(hid, uid, cpu_model, dmi...) \
+	ENTRY(0, hid, uid, cpu_model, dmi)
+
+static const struct override_status_id override_status_ids[] = {
 	/*
 	 * Bay / Cherry Trail PWM directly poked by GPU driver in win10,
 	 * but Linux uses a separate PWM driver, harmless if not used.
 	 */
-	ENTRY("80860F09", "1", X86_MATCH(ATOM_SILVERMONT), {}),
-	ENTRY("80862288", "1", X86_MATCH(ATOM_AIRMONT), {}),
+	PRESENT_ENTRY_HID("80860F09", "1", ATOM_SILVERMONT, {}),
+	PRESENT_ENTRY_HID("80862288", "1", ATOM_AIRMONT, {}),
 
 	/*
 	 * The INT0002 device is necessary to clear wakeup interrupt sources
 	 * on Cherry Trail devices, without it we get nobody cared IRQ msgs.
 	 */
-	ENTRY("INT0002", "1", X86_MATCH(ATOM_AIRMONT), {}),
+	PRESENT_ENTRY_HID("INT0002", "1", ATOM_AIRMONT, {}),
 	/*
 	 * On the Dell Venue 11 Pro 7130 and 7139, the DSDT hides
 	 * the touchscreen ACPI device until a certain time
 	 * after _SB.PCI0.GFX0.LCD.LCD1._ON gets called has passed
 	 * *and* _STA has been called at least 3 times since.
 	 */
-	ENTRY("SYNA7500", "1", X86_MATCH(HASWELL_L), {
+	PRESENT_ENTRY_HID("SYNA7500", "1", HASWELL_L, {
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Venue 11 Pro 7130"),
 	      }),
-	ENTRY("SYNA7500", "1", X86_MATCH(HASWELL_L), {
+	PRESENT_ENTRY_HID("SYNA7500", "1", HASWELL_L, {
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Venue 11 Pro 7139"),
 	      }),
@@ -85,19 +94,19 @@ static const struct always_present_id always_present_ids[] = {
 	 * was copy-pasted from the GPD win, so it has a disabled KIOX000A
 	 * node which we should not enable, thus we also check the BIOS date.
 	 */
-	ENTRY("KIOX000A", "1", X86_MATCH(ATOM_AIRMONT), {
+	PRESENT_ENTRY_HID("KIOX000A", "1", ATOM_AIRMONT, {
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "AMI Corporation"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "Default string"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Default string"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_DATE, "02/21/2017")
 	      }),
-	ENTRY("KIOX000A", "1", X86_MATCH(ATOM_AIRMONT), {
+	PRESENT_ENTRY_HID("KIOX000A", "1", ATOM_AIRMONT, {
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "AMI Corporation"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "Default string"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Default string"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_DATE, "03/20/2017")
 	      }),
-	ENTRY("KIOX000A", "1", X86_MATCH(ATOM_AIRMONT), {
+	PRESENT_ENTRY_HID("KIOX000A", "1", ATOM_AIRMONT, {
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "AMI Corporation"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "Default string"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Default string"),
@@ -105,26 +114,27 @@ static const struct always_present_id always_present_ids[] = {
 	      }),
 };
 
-bool acpi_device_always_present(struct acpi_device *adev)
+bool acpi_device_override_status(struct acpi_device *adev, unsigned long long *status)
 {
 	bool ret = false;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(always_present_ids); i++) {
-		if (acpi_match_device_ids(adev, always_present_ids[i].hid))
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(override_status_ids); i++) {
+		if (acpi_match_device_ids(adev, override_status_ids[i].hid))
 			continue;
 
 		if (!adev->pnp.unique_id ||
-		    strcmp(adev->pnp.unique_id, always_present_ids[i].uid))
+		    strcmp(adev->pnp.unique_id, override_status_ids[i].uid))
 			continue;
 
-		if (!x86_match_cpu(always_present_ids[i].cpu_ids))
+		if (!x86_match_cpu(override_status_ids[i].cpu_ids))
 			continue;
 
-		if (always_present_ids[i].dmi_ids[0].matches[0].slot &&
-		    !dmi_check_system(always_present_ids[i].dmi_ids))
+		if (override_status_ids[i].dmi_ids[0].matches[0].slot &&
+		    !dmi_check_system(override_status_ids[i].dmi_ids))
 			continue;
 
+		*status = override_status_ids[i].status;
 		ret = true;
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index 480f9207a4c6bcfdb065983281c2bc5e2b6071e0..d6fe27b695c3d142600a0db4a215903771b04c0b 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -613,9 +613,10 @@ int acpi_enable_wakeup_device_power(struct acpi_device *dev, int state);
 int acpi_disable_wakeup_device_power(struct acpi_device *dev);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
-bool acpi_device_always_present(struct acpi_device *adev);
+bool acpi_device_override_status(struct acpi_device *adev, unsigned long long *status);
 #else
-static inline bool acpi_device_always_present(struct acpi_device *adev)
+static inline bool acpi_device_override_status(struct acpi_device *adev,
+					       unsigned long long *status)
 {
 	return false;
 }