diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 2dba4e7a83b7..ed2ecb00004f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -1964,6 +1964,11 @@ void acpi_ec_set_gpe_wake_mask(u8 action)
 		acpi_set_gpe_wake_mask(NULL, first_ec->gpe, action);
 }
 
+bool acpi_ec_other_gpes_active(void)
+{
+	return acpi_any_gpe_status_set(first_ec ? first_ec->gpe : U32_MAX);
+}
+
 bool acpi_ec_dispatch_gpe(void)
 {
 	u32 ret;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index afe6636f9ad3..cbf7f34c3ce7 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ void acpi_ec_remove_query_handler(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 query_bit);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 void acpi_ec_flush_work(void);
+bool acpi_ec_other_gpes_active(void);
 bool acpi_ec_dispatch_gpe(void);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
index da9953609323..ce1d9048a36d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
@@ -1014,18 +1014,19 @@ static bool acpi_s2idle_wake(void)
 			return true;
 
 		/*
-		 * If there are no EC events to process and at least one of the
-		 * other enabled GPEs is active, the wakeup is regarded as a
-		 * genuine one.
-		 *
-		 * Note that the checks below must be carried out in this order
-		 * to avoid returning prematurely due to a change of the EC GPE
-		 * status bit from unset to set between the checks with the
-		 * status bits of all the other GPEs unset.
+		 * If the status bit is set for any enabled GPE other than the
+		 * EC one, the wakeup is regarded as a genuine one.
 		 */
-		if (acpi_any_gpe_status_set(U32_MAX) && !acpi_ec_dispatch_gpe())
+		if (acpi_ec_other_gpes_active())
 			return true;
 
+		/*
+		 * If the EC GPE status bit has not been set, the wakeup is
+		 * regarded as a spurious one.
+		 */
+		if (!acpi_ec_dispatch_gpe())
+			return false;
+
 		/*
 		 * Cancel the wakeup and process all pending events in case
 		 * there are any wakeup ones in there.