diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bay.c b/drivers/acpi/bay.c
index 00d3f3f17a2a..56a5b3fffeb3 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bay.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bay.c
@@ -333,18 +333,12 @@ static void bay_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 {
 	struct bay *bay_dev = (struct bay *)data;
 	struct device *dev = &bay_dev->pdev->dev;
+	char event_string[12];
+	char *envp[] = { event_string, NULL };
 
 	bay_dprintk(handle, "Bay event");
-
-	switch(event) {
-	case ACPI_NOTIFY_BUS_CHECK:
-	case ACPI_NOTIFY_DEVICE_CHECK:
-	case ACPI_NOTIFY_EJECT_REQUEST:
-		kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
-		break;
-	default:
-		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Bay: unknown event %d\n", event);
-	}
+	sprintf(event_string, "BAY_EVENT=%d\n", event);
+	kobject_uevent_env(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
 }
 
 static acpi_status