diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
index 05dc16b477f0..f065529390fe 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static int __init hp_wmi_bios_2008_later(void)
 
 static int __init hp_wmi_bios_2009_later(void)
 {
-	int state = 0;
+	u8 state[128];
 	int ret = hp_wmi_perform_query(HPWMI_FEATURE2_QUERY, 0, &state,
 				       sizeof(state), sizeof(state));
 	if (!ret)