diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 6d85289f1c12..9a84ed250d9f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <asm/signal.h>
 
 #include <acpi/acpi_drivers.h>
 #include <acpi/acinterp.h>	/* for acpi_ex_eisa_id_to_string() */
@@ -92,17 +93,37 @@ acpi_device_modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, cha
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, acpi_device_modalias_show, NULL);
 
-static int acpi_eject_operation(acpi_handle handle, int lockable)
+static int acpi_bus_hot_remove_device(void *context)
 {
+	struct acpi_device *device;
+	acpi_handle handle = context;
 	struct acpi_object_list arg_list;
 	union acpi_object arg;
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
 
-	/*
-	 * TBD: evaluate _PS3?
-	 */
+	if (acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &device))
+		return 0;
 
-	if (lockable) {
+	if (!device)
+		return 0;
+
+	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
+		"Hot-removing device %s...\n", device->dev.bus_id));
+
+
+	if (acpi_bus_trim(device, 1)) {
+		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR,
+				"Removing device failed\n"));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* power off device */
+	status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_PS3", NULL, NULL);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) && status != AE_NOT_FOUND)
+		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_WARN,
+				"Power-off device failed\n"));
+
+	if (device->flags.lockable) {
 		arg_list.count = 1;
 		arg_list.pointer = &arg;
 		arg.type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER;
@@ -118,24 +139,19 @@ static int acpi_eject_operation(acpi_handle handle, int lockable)
 	/*
 	 * TBD: _EJD support.
 	 */
-
 	status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_EJ0", &arg_list, NULL);
-	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		return (-ENODEV);
-	}
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return (0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static ssize_t
 acpi_eject_store(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	int result;
 	int ret = count;
-	int islockable;
 	acpi_status status;
-	acpi_handle handle;
 	acpi_object_type type = 0;
 	struct acpi_device *acpi_device = to_acpi_device(d);
 
@@ -154,17 +170,9 @@ acpi_eject_store(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	islockable = acpi_device->flags.lockable;
-	handle = acpi_device->handle;
-
-	result = acpi_bus_trim(acpi_device, 1);
-
-	if (!result)
-		result = acpi_eject_operation(handle, islockable);
-
-	if (result) {
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-	}
+	/* remove the device in another thread to fix the deadlock issue */
+	ret = kernel_thread(acpi_bus_hot_remove_device,
+				acpi_device->handle, SIGCHLD);
       err:
 	return ret;
 }