diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
index 815f75e..2922f1f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <acpi/video.h>
 
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("video");
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 
 static bool backlight_notifier_registered;
 static struct notifier_block backlight_nb;
+static struct work_struct backlight_notify_work;
 
 static enum acpi_backlight_type acpi_backlight_cmdline = acpi_backlight_undef;
 static enum acpi_backlight_type acpi_backlight_dmi = acpi_backlight_undef;
@@ -262,6 +264,13 @@
 	{ },
 };
 
+/* This uses a workqueue to avoid various locking ordering issues */
+static void acpi_video_backlight_notify_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	if (acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_video)
+		acpi_video_unregister_backlight();
+}
+
 static int acpi_video_backlight_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
 				       unsigned long val, void *bd)
 {
@@ -269,9 +278,8 @@
 
 	/* A raw bl registering may change video -> native */
 	if (backlight->props.type == BACKLIGHT_RAW &&
-	    val == BACKLIGHT_REGISTERED &&
-	    acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_video)
-		acpi_video_unregister_backlight();
+	    val == BACKLIGHT_REGISTERED)
+		schedule_work(&backlight_notify_work);
 
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
@@ -304,6 +312,8 @@
 		acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE, ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
 				    ACPI_UINT32_MAX, find_video, NULL,
 				    &video_caps, NULL);
+		INIT_WORK(&backlight_notify_work,
+			  acpi_video_backlight_notify_work);
 		backlight_nb.notifier_call = acpi_video_backlight_notify;
 		backlight_nb.priority = 0;
 		if (backlight_register_notifier(&backlight_nb) == 0)