diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index b65016f1f624..20d9e9f0e231 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static unsigned int ec_storm_threshold  __read_mostly = 8;
 module_param(ec_storm_threshold, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ec_storm_threshold, "Maxim false GPE numbers not considered as GPE storm");
 
-static bool ec_freeze_events __read_mostly = true;
+static bool ec_freeze_events __read_mostly = false;
 module_param(ec_freeze_events, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ec_freeze_events, "Disabling event handling during suspend/resume");