diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c
index 37850d07987d8..ca6137f4000fd 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c
@@ -762,6 +762,8 @@ static void acpi_pcc_generate_keyinput(struct pcc_acpi *pcc)
 	struct input_dev *hotk_input_dev = pcc->input_dev;
 	int rc;
 	unsigned long long result;
+	unsigned int key;
+	unsigned int updown;
 
 	rc = acpi_evaluate_integer(pcc->handle, METHOD_HKEY_QUERY,
 				   NULL, &result);
@@ -770,18 +772,22 @@ static void acpi_pcc_generate_keyinput(struct pcc_acpi *pcc)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	key = result & 0xf;
+	updown = result & 0x80; /* 0x80 == key down; 0x00 = key up */
+
 	/* hack: some firmware sends no key down for sleep / hibernate */
-	if ((result & 0xf) == 0x7 || (result & 0xf) == 0xa) {
-		if (result & 0x80)
+	if (key == 7 || key == 10) {
+		if (updown)
 			sleep_keydown_seen = 1;
 		if (!sleep_keydown_seen)
 			sparse_keymap_report_event(hotk_input_dev,
-					result & 0xf, 0x80, false);
+					key, 0x80, false);
 	}
 
-	if ((result & 0xf) == 0x7 || (result & 0xf) == 0x9 || (result & 0xf) == 0xa) {
+	/* for the magic values, see panasonic_keymap[] above */
+	if (key == 7 || key == 9 || key == 10) {
 		if (!sparse_keymap_report_event(hotk_input_dev,
-						result & 0xf, result & 0x80, false))
+						key, updown, false))
 			pr_err("Unknown hotkey event: 0x%04llx\n", result);
 	}
 }