diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ac.c b/drivers/acpi/ac.c
index d8b3509..b53c2cf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ac.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ac.c
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@
 	case ACPI_NOTIFY_DEVICE_CHECK:
 		acpi_ac_get_state(ac);
 		acpi_bus_generate_event(device, event, (u32) ac->state);
+		acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(device->pnp.device_class,
+						  device->dev.bus_id, event,
+						  (u32) ac->state);
 		break;
 	default:
 		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,