diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 80cc76de2a4a..c036e2a69f33 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -990,7 +990,6 @@ static int acpi_ec_poll_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	int result = 0;
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
 	union acpi_ec *ec = NULL;
-	unsigned long uid;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("acpi_ec_add");
 
@@ -1013,10 +1012,9 @@ static int acpi_ec_poll_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	acpi_evaluate_integer(ec->common.handle, "_GLK", NULL,
 			      &ec->common.global_lock);
 
-	/* If our UID matches the UID for the ECDT-enumerated EC,
-	   we now have the *real* EC info, so kill the makeshift one. */
-	acpi_evaluate_integer(ec->common.handle, "_UID", NULL, &uid);
-	if (ec_ecdt && ec_ecdt->common.uid == uid) {
+	/* XXX we don't test uids, because on some boxes ecdt uid = 0, see:
+	   http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6111 */
+	if (ec_ecdt) {
 		acpi_remove_address_space_handler(ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
 						  ACPI_ADR_SPACE_EC,
 						  &acpi_ec_space_handler);
@@ -1061,7 +1059,6 @@ static int acpi_ec_intr_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	int result = 0;
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
 	union acpi_ec *ec = NULL;
-	unsigned long uid;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("acpi_ec_add");
 
@@ -1087,10 +1084,9 @@ static int acpi_ec_intr_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	acpi_evaluate_integer(ec->common.handle, "_GLK", NULL,
 			      &ec->common.global_lock);
 
-	/* If our UID matches the UID for the ECDT-enumerated EC,
-	   we now have the *real* EC info, so kill the makeshift one. */
-	acpi_evaluate_integer(ec->common.handle, "_UID", NULL, &uid);
-	if (ec_ecdt && ec_ecdt->common.uid == uid) {
+	/* XXX we don't test uids, because on some boxes ecdt uid = 0, see:
+	   http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6111 */
+	if (ec_ecdt) {
 		acpi_remove_address_space_handler(ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
 						  ACPI_ADR_SPACE_EC,
 						  &acpi_ec_space_handler);