unsigned long time;
        unsigned long err_count;
 
-       struct work_struct event_work;
+       struct delayed_work event_work;
+       unsigned long event_jiffies;
        struct mutex event_mutex;
        unsigned long event_mask;
 };
 
 static void atkbd_event_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-       struct atkbd *atkbd = container_of(work, struct atkbd, event_work);
+       struct atkbd *atkbd = container_of(work, struct atkbd, event_work.work);
 
        mutex_lock(&atkbd->event_mutex);
 
        mutex_unlock(&atkbd->event_mutex);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Schedule switch for execution. We need to throttle requests,
+ * otherwise keyboard may become unresponsive.
+ */
+static void atkbd_schedule_event_work(struct atkbd *atkbd, int event_bit)
+{
+       unsigned long delay = msecs_to_jiffies(50);
+
+       if (time_after(jiffies, atkbd->event_jiffies + delay))
+               delay = 0;
+
+       atkbd->event_jiffies = jiffies;
+       set_bit(event_bit, &atkbd->event_mask);
+       wmb();
+       schedule_delayed_work(&atkbd->event_work, delay);
+}
+
 /*
  * Event callback from the input module. Events that change the state of
  * the hardware are processed here. If action can not be performed in
  * interrupt context it is offloaded to atkbd_event_work.
  */
 
-static int atkbd_event(struct input_dev *dev, unsigned int type, unsigned int code, int value)
+static int atkbd_event(struct input_dev *dev,
+                       unsigned int type, unsigned int code, int value)
 {
        struct atkbd *atkbd = input_get_drvdata(dev);
 
        switch (type) {
 
                case EV_LED:
-                       set_bit(ATKBD_LED_EVENT_BIT, &atkbd->event_mask);
-                       wmb();
-                       schedule_work(&atkbd->event_work);
+                       atkbd_schedule_event_work(atkbd, ATKBD_LED_EVENT_BIT);
                        return 0;
 
                case EV_REP:
-
-                       if (!atkbd->softrepeat) {
-                               set_bit(ATKBD_REP_EVENT_BIT, &atkbd->event_mask);
-                               wmb();
-                               schedule_work(&atkbd->event_work);
-                       }
-
+                       if (!atkbd->softrepeat)
+                               atkbd_schedule_event_work(atkbd, ATKBD_REP_EVENT_BIT);
                        return 0;
        }
 
 
        atkbd->dev = dev;
        ps2_init(&atkbd->ps2dev, serio);
-       INIT_WORK(&atkbd->event_work, atkbd_event_work);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&atkbd->event_work, atkbd_event_work);
        mutex_init(&atkbd->event_mutex);
 
        switch (serio->id.type) {