diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index 81f8ad6bb688..4a1dba3099a6 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -10047,6 +10047,13 @@ static int get_keyboard_lang(int *output)
 	if (!acpi_evalf(gskl_handle, &kbd_lang, NULL, "dd", 0x02000000))
 		return -EIO;
 
+	/*
+	 * METHOD_ERR gets returned on devices where there are no special (e.g. '=',
+	 * '(' and ')') keys which use layout dependent key-press emulation.
+	 */
+	if (kbd_lang & METHOD_ERR)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	*output = kbd_lang;
 
 	return 0;