if(atomic_read(&ec->leaving_burst) == 2){
                ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,"aborted, retry ...\n"));
-               while(!atomic_read(&ec->pending_gpe)){
+               while(atomic_read(&ec->pending_gpe)){
                        msleep(1);      
                }
                acpi_enable_gpe(NULL, ec->gpe_bit, ACPI_NOT_ISR);
 
        if(atomic_read(&ec->leaving_burst) == 2){
                ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,"aborted, retry ...\n"));
-               while(!atomic_read(&ec->pending_gpe)){
+               while(atomic_read(&ec->pending_gpe)){
                        msleep(1);      
                }
                acpi_enable_gpe(NULL, ec->gpe_bit, ACPI_NOT_ISR);
 
        if (!ec || !data)
                return_VALUE(-EINVAL);
-retry:
        *data = 0;
 
        if (ec->global_lock) {
 
        if(atomic_read(&ec->leaving_burst) == 2){
                ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,"aborted, retry ...\n"));
-               while(!atomic_read(&ec->pending_gpe)){
-                       msleep(1);      
-               }
                acpi_enable_gpe(NULL, ec->gpe_bit, ACPI_NOT_ISR);
-               goto retry;
+               status = -ENODATA;
        }
-
        return_VALUE(status);
 }
 
        ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Evaluating %s\n", object_name));
 
        acpi_evaluate_object(ec->handle, object_name, NULL, NULL);
-       atomic_dec(&ec->pending_gpe);
 end:   
+       atomic_dec(&ec->pending_gpe);
        return;
 }
 
                                !(value & ACPI_EC_FLAG_IBF))) {
                        ec->expect_event = 0;
                        wake_up(&ec->wait);
-                       
+                       return ACPI_INTERRUPT_HANDLED;
                }
        }
 
                atomic_add(1, &ec->pending_gpe) ;
                status = acpi_os_queue_for_execution(OSD_PRIORITY_GPE,
                                                acpi_ec_gpe_query, ec);
+               return status == AE_OK ?
+               ACPI_INTERRUPT_HANDLED : ACPI_INTERRUPT_NOT_HANDLED;
        } 
-
+       acpi_enable_gpe(NULL, ec->gpe_bit, ACPI_ISR);
        return status == AE_OK ?
                ACPI_INTERRUPT_HANDLED : ACPI_INTERRUPT_NOT_HANDLED;
 }
                (u32) ec->status_addr.address, (u32) ec->data_addr.address);
        seq_printf(seq, "use global lock:         %s\n",
                ec->global_lock?"yes":"no");
+       acpi_enable_gpe(NULL, ec->gpe_bit, ACPI_NOT_ISR);
 
 end:
        return_VALUE(0);