diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index dd599585c6a9094acd18ed030527ecf1c0586474..eb9922385ef8ff59c0148a2c764d747a07516685 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -2275,16 +2275,12 @@ static void tpacpi_input_send_key(const unsigned int scancode)
 	if (keycode != KEY_RESERVED) {
 		mutex_lock(&tpacpi_inputdev_send_mutex);
 
+		input_event(tpacpi_inputdev, EV_MSC, MSC_SCAN, scancode);
 		input_report_key(tpacpi_inputdev, keycode, 1);
-		if (keycode == KEY_UNKNOWN)
-			input_event(tpacpi_inputdev, EV_MSC, MSC_SCAN,
-				    scancode);
 		input_sync(tpacpi_inputdev);
 
+		input_event(tpacpi_inputdev, EV_MSC, MSC_SCAN, scancode);
 		input_report_key(tpacpi_inputdev, keycode, 0);
-		if (keycode == KEY_UNKNOWN)
-			input_event(tpacpi_inputdev, EV_MSC, MSC_SCAN,
-				    scancode);
 		input_sync(tpacpi_inputdev);
 
 		mutex_unlock(&tpacpi_inputdev_send_mutex);