diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c
index bd77e81e81c1..2270144d7286 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -1256,8 +1256,37 @@ acpi_video_bus_write_DOS(struct file *file,
 
 static int acpi_video_bus_add_fs(struct acpi_device *device)
 {
+	long device_id;
+	int status;
 	struct proc_dir_entry *entry = NULL;
 	struct acpi_video_bus *video;
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	status =
+	    acpi_evaluate_integer(device->handle, "_ADR", NULL, &device_id);
+
+	if (!ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	/* We need to attempt to determine whether the _ADR refers to a
+	   PCI device or not. There's no terribly good way to do this,
+	   so the best we can hope for is to assume that there'll never
+	   be a video device in the host bridge */
+	if (device_id >= 0x10000) {
+		/* It looks like a PCI device. Does it exist? */
+		dev = acpi_get_physical_device(device->handle);
+	} else {
+		/* It doesn't look like a PCI device. Does its parent
+		   exist? */
+		acpi_handle phandle;
+		if (acpi_get_parent(device->handle, &phandle))
+			return -ENODEV;
+		dev = acpi_get_physical_device(phandle);
+	}
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+	put_device(dev);
+
 
 
 	video = acpi_driver_data(device);