diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c
index f6fef6296251..7379defac500 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/unaligned.h>
 #include <linux/wmi.h>
 
 #include "wmi-helpers.h"
@@ -59,10 +60,24 @@ int lwmi_dev_evaluate_int(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 instance, u32 method_id,
 		if (!ret_obj)
 			return -ENODATA;
 
-		if (ret_obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER)
-			return -ENXIO;
+		switch (ret_obj->type) {
+		/*
+		 * The ACPI method may simply return a buffer when a u32
+		 * is expected. This is valid on Windows as its WMI-ACPI
+		 * driver converts everything to a common buffer.
+		 */
+		case ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER:
+			if (ret_obj->buffer.length < sizeof(u32))
+				return -ENXIO;
 
-		*retval = (u32)ret_obj->integer.value;
+			*retval = get_unaligned_le32(ret_obj->buffer.pointer);
+			return 0;
+		case ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER:
+			*retval = (u32)ret_obj->integer.value;
+			return 0;
+		default:
+			return -ENXIO;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;