diff --git a/drivers/acpi/button.c b/drivers/acpi/button.c
index e19f530f1083..6d5a8c1d3132 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/button.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/button.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct acpi_button {
 
 static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(acpi_lid_notifier);
 static struct acpi_device *lid_device;
-static u8 lid_init_state = ACPI_BUTTON_LID_INIT_METHOD;
+static u8 lid_init_state = ACPI_BUTTON_LID_INIT_OPEN;
 
 static unsigned long lid_report_interval __read_mostly = 500;
 module_param(lid_report_interval, ulong, 0644);