diff --git a/drivers/acpi/glue.c b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
index 204fe94c7e45..a194f30876c5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/glue.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ static struct acpi_bus_type *acpi_get_bus_type(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 #define FIND_CHILD_MIN_SCORE	1
-#define FIND_CHILD_MAX_SCORE	2
+#define FIND_CHILD_MID_SCORE	2
+#define FIND_CHILD_MAX_SCORE	3
 
 static int match_any(struct acpi_device *adev, void *not_used)
 {
@@ -96,8 +97,17 @@ static int find_child_checks(struct acpi_device *adev, bool check_children)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	status = acpi_evaluate_integer(adev->handle, "_STA", NULL, &sta);
-	if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND)
+	if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND) {
+		/*
+		 * Special case: backlight device objects without _STA are
+		 * preferred to other objects with the same _ADR value, because
+		 * it is more likely that they are actually useful.
+		 */
+		if (adev->pnp.type.backlight)
+			return FIND_CHILD_MID_SCORE;
+
 		return FIND_CHILD_MIN_SCORE;
+	}
 
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !(sta & ACPI_STA_DEVICE_ENABLED))
 		return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 274344434282..0c6f06abe3f4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -1370,9 +1370,12 @@ static void acpi_set_pnp_ids(acpi_handle handle, struct acpi_device_pnp *pnp,
 		 * Some devices don't reliably have _HIDs & _CIDs, so add
 		 * synthetic HIDs to make sure drivers can find them.
 		 */
-		if (acpi_is_video_device(handle))
+		if (acpi_is_video_device(handle)) {
 			acpi_add_id(pnp, ACPI_VIDEO_HID);
-		else if (acpi_bay_match(handle))
+			pnp->type.backlight = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (acpi_bay_match(handle))
 			acpi_add_id(pnp, ACPI_BAY_HID);
 		else if (acpi_dock_match(handle))
 			acpi_add_id(pnp, ACPI_DOCK_HID);
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index cd3b75e08ec3..e44be31115a6 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ struct acpi_pnp_type {
 	u32 hardware_id:1;
 	u32 bus_address:1;
 	u32 platform_id:1;
-	u32 reserved:29;
+	u32 backlight:1;
+	u32 reserved:28;
 };
 
 struct acpi_device_pnp {