diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 9a9298994e26..3bf7764659a4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -667,8 +667,14 @@ static ssize_t
 acpi_device_sun_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		     char *buf) {
 	struct acpi_device *acpi_dev = to_acpi_device(dev);
+	acpi_status status;
+	unsigned long long sun;
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", acpi_dev->pnp.sun);
+	status = acpi_evaluate_integer(acpi_dev->handle, "_SUN", NULL, &sun);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", sun);
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(sun, 0444, acpi_device_sun_show, NULL);
 
@@ -690,7 +696,6 @@ static int acpi_device_setup_files(struct acpi_device *dev)
 {
 	struct acpi_buffer buffer = {ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL};
 	acpi_status status;
-	unsigned long long sun;
 	int result = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -731,14 +736,10 @@ static int acpi_device_setup_files(struct acpi_device *dev)
 	if (dev->pnp.unique_id)
 		result = device_create_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_uid);
 
-	status = acpi_evaluate_integer(dev->handle, "_SUN", NULL, &sun);
-	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
-		dev->pnp.sun = (unsigned long)sun;
+	if (acpi_has_method(dev->handle, "_SUN")) {
 		result = device_create_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_sun);
 		if (result)
 			goto end;
-	} else {
-		dev->pnp.sun = (unsigned long)-1;
 	}
 
 	if (acpi_has_method(dev->handle, "_STA")) {
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index bcfd808b1098..c1c9de19edbe 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ struct acpi_device_pnp {
 	acpi_device_name device_name;	/* Driver-determined */
 	acpi_device_class device_class;	/*        "          */
 	union acpi_object *str_obj;	/* unicode string for _STR method */
-	unsigned long sun;		/* _SUN */
 };
 
 #define acpi_device_bid(d)	((d)->pnp.bus_id)