diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 8e63d937babb..490498eca0d3 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ bool acpi_scan_is_offline(struct acpi_device *adev, bool uevent)
 {
 	struct acpi_device_physical_node *pn;
 	bool offline = true;
+	char *envp[] = { "EVENT=offline", NULL };
 
 	/*
 	 * acpi_container_offline() calls this for all of the container's
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ bool acpi_scan_is_offline(struct acpi_device *adev, bool uevent)
 	list_for_each_entry(pn, &adev->physical_node_list, node)
 		if (device_supports_offline(pn->dev) && !pn->dev->offline) {
 			if (uevent)
-				kobject_uevent(&pn->dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
+				kobject_uevent_env(&pn->dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
 
 			offline = false;
 			break;