diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
index 9579a706fc08..a881b709af25 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static int __init hp_wmi_bios_2008_later(void)
 
 static int __init hp_wmi_bios_2009_later(void)
 {
-	int state = 0;
+	u8 state[128];
 	int ret = hp_wmi_perform_query(HPWMI_FEATURE2_QUERY, HPWMI_READ, &state,
 				       sizeof(state), sizeof(state));
 	if (!ret)