diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 85cbfdccc97c..bea3ab6b524f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -83,19 +83,29 @@ acpi_device_modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, cha
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, acpi_device_modalias_show, NULL);
 
-static void acpi_bus_hot_remove_device(void *context)
+/**
+ * acpi_bus_hot_remove_device: hot-remove a device and its children
+ * @context: struct acpi_eject_event pointer (freed in this func)
+ *
+ * Hot-remove a device and its children. This function frees up the
+ * memory space passed by arg context, so that the caller may call
+ * this function asynchronously through acpi_os_hotplug_execute().
+ */
+void acpi_bus_hot_remove_device(void *context)
 {
+	struct acpi_eject_event *ej_event = (struct acpi_eject_event *) context;
 	struct acpi_device *device;
-	acpi_handle handle = context;
+	acpi_handle handle = ej_event->handle;
 	struct acpi_object_list arg_list;
 	union acpi_object arg;
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
+	u32 ost_code = ACPI_OST_SC_NON_SPECIFIC_FAILURE; /* default */
 
 	if (acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &device))
-		return;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	if (!device)
-		return;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
 		"Hot-removing device %s...\n", dev_name(&device->dev)));
@@ -103,7 +113,7 @@ static void acpi_bus_hot_remove_device(void *context)
 	if (acpi_bus_trim(device, 1)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
 				"Removing device failed\n");
-		return;
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	/* power off device */
@@ -129,10 +139,21 @@ static void acpi_bus_hot_remove_device(void *context)
 	 * TBD: _EJD support.
 	 */
 	status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_EJ0", &arg_list, NULL);
-	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
-		printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX
-				"Eject device failed\n");
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		if (status != AE_NOT_FOUND)
+			printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX
+					"Eject device failed\n");
+		goto err_out;
+	}
 
+	kfree(context);
+	return;
+
+err_out:
+	/* Inform firmware the hot-remove operation has completed w/ error */
+	(void) acpi_evaluate_hotplug_ost(handle,
+				ej_event->event, ost_code, NULL);
+	kfree(context);
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -144,6 +165,7 @@ acpi_eject_store(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	acpi_status status;
 	acpi_object_type type = 0;
 	struct acpi_device *acpi_device = to_acpi_device(d);
+	struct acpi_eject_event *ej_event;
 
 	if ((!count) || (buf[0] != '1')) {
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -160,7 +182,25 @@ acpi_eject_store(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	acpi_os_hotplug_execute(acpi_bus_hot_remove_device, acpi_device->handle);
+	ej_event = kmalloc(sizeof(*ej_event), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ej_event) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	ej_event->handle = acpi_device->handle;
+	if (acpi_device->flags.eject_pending) {
+		/* event originated from ACPI eject notification */
+		ej_event->event = ACPI_NOTIFY_EJECT_REQUEST;
+		acpi_device->flags.eject_pending = 0;
+	} else {
+		/* event originated from user */
+		ej_event->event = ACPI_OST_EC_OSPM_EJECT;
+		(void) acpi_evaluate_hotplug_ost(ej_event->handle,
+			ej_event->event, ACPI_OST_SC_EJECT_IN_PROGRESS, NULL);
+	}
+
+	acpi_os_hotplug_execute(acpi_bus_hot_remove_device, (void *)ej_event);
 err:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index 1139f3a01209..62eb514f8e3a 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ struct acpi_device_flags {
 	u32 suprise_removal_ok:1;
 	u32 power_manageable:1;
 	u32 performance_manageable:1;
-	u32 reserved:24;
+	u32 eject_pending:1;
+	u32 reserved:23;
 };
 
 /* File System */
@@ -334,6 +335,11 @@ struct acpi_bus_event {
 	u32 data;
 };
 
+struct acpi_eject_event {
+	acpi_handle	handle;
+	u32		event;
+};
+
 extern struct kobject *acpi_kobj;
 extern int acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(const char*, const char*, u8, int);
 void acpi_bus_private_data_handler(acpi_handle, void *);
@@ -371,6 +377,7 @@ int acpi_bus_register_driver(struct acpi_driver *driver);
 void acpi_bus_unregister_driver(struct acpi_driver *driver);
 int acpi_bus_add(struct acpi_device **child, struct acpi_device *parent,
 		 acpi_handle handle, int type);
+void acpi_bus_hot_remove_device(void *context);
 int acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start, int rmdevice);
 int acpi_bus_start(struct acpi_device *device);
 acpi_status acpi_bus_get_ejd(acpi_handle handle, acpi_handle * ejd);