diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
index c28ef86c7c672e599102b7c1ae15b78c35ea7886..ac28f08c38660b0051500242f8562b587007cf90 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
@@ -951,6 +951,18 @@ static int mt_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 	hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT;
 	hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_NO_EMPTY_INPUT;
 
+	/*
+	 * Handle special quirks for Windows 8 certified devices.
+	 */
+	if (id->group == HID_GROUP_MULTITOUCH_WIN_8)
+		/*
+		 * Some multitouch screens do not like to be polled for input
+		 * reports. Fortunately, the Win8 spec says that all touches
+		 * should be sent during each report, making the initialization
+		 * of input reports unnecessary.
+		 */
+		hdev->quirks |= HID_QUIRK_NO_INIT_INPUT_REPORTS;
+
 	td = devm_kzalloc(&hdev->dev, sizeof(struct mt_device), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!td) {
 		dev_err(&hdev->dev, "cannot allocate multitouch data\n");
diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
index 99418285222cf118cbc09e4d9029c80ba3493fcf..55ea9c40140e45c5a1c902601e8aebd948b2ee54 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
@@ -807,12 +807,17 @@ void usbhid_init_reports(struct hid_device *hid)
 {
 	struct hid_report *report;
 	struct usbhid_device *usbhid = hid->driver_data;
+	struct hid_report_enum *report_enum;
 	int err, ret;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(report, &hid->report_enum[HID_INPUT_REPORT].report_list, list)
-		usbhid_submit_report(hid, report, USB_DIR_IN);
+	if (!(hid->quirks & HID_QUIRK_NO_INIT_INPUT_REPORTS)) {
+		report_enum = &hid->report_enum[HID_INPUT_REPORT];
+		list_for_each_entry(report, &report_enum->report_list, list)
+			usbhid_submit_report(hid, report, USB_DIR_IN);
+	}
 
-	list_for_each_entry(report, &hid->report_enum[HID_FEATURE_REPORT].report_list, list)
+	report_enum = &hid->report_enum[HID_FEATURE_REPORT];
+	list_for_each_entry(report, &report_enum->report_list, list)
 		usbhid_submit_report(hid, report, USB_DIR_IN);
 
 	err = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index cef1e9b86cc4ad98be5cbbd6f76a675b68db298d..bc132d2a20aad8333f7140e55575ce827df59a57 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ struct hid_item {
 #define HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT			0x00000040
 #define HID_QUIRK_HIDINPUT_FORCE		0x00000080
 #define HID_QUIRK_NO_EMPTY_INPUT		0x00000100
+#define HID_QUIRK_NO_INIT_INPUT_REPORTS		0x00000200
 #define HID_QUIRK_SKIP_OUTPUT_REPORTS		0x00010000
 #define HID_QUIRK_FULLSPEED_INTERVAL		0x10000000
 #define HID_QUIRK_NO_INIT_REPORTS		0x20000000