1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/components/events/evregion.c b/source/components/events/evregion.c
index 454b26e9ae37b..88edc2d66169e 100644
--- a/source/components/events/evregion.c
+++ b/source/components/events/evregion.c
@@ -423,6 +423,17 @@ AcpiEvAddressSpaceDispatch (
     {
         ACPI_EXCEPTION ((AE_INFO, Status, "Returned by Handler for [%s]",
             AcpiUtGetRegionName (RegionObj->Region.SpaceId)));
+
+        /*
+         * Special case for an EC timeout. These are seen so frequently
+         * that an additional error message is helpful
+         */
+        if ((RegionObj->Region.SpaceId == ACPI_ADR_SPACE_EC) &&
+            (Status == AE_TIME))
+        {
+            ACPI_ERROR ((AE_INFO,
+                "Timeout from EC hardware or EC device driver"));
+        }
     }
 
     if (!(HandlerDesc->AddressSpace.HandlerFlags &