diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c b/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
index 07e40a58e66c01f1b49c0910ade8040c7105f794..fb4d902c440345d3cbc02329ed742d48b931dc85 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ static int elantech_create_smbus(struct psmouse *psmouse,
 	if (info->has_trackpoint)
 		smbus_board.properties = i2c_properties;
 
-	return psmouse_smbus_init(psmouse, &smbus_board, NULL, 0,
+	return psmouse_smbus_init(psmouse, &smbus_board, NULL, 0, false,
 				  leave_breadcrumbs);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-smbus.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-smbus.c
index c8a3b1f35ce3c4a9e30e0cff9305ee906ac9d92d..852d4b486ddb4650696b7ef72339c383e90c05c4 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-smbus.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-smbus.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct psmouse_smbus_dev {
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 	struct list_head node;
 	bool dead;
+	bool need_deactivate;
 };
 
 static LIST_HEAD(psmouse_smbus_list);
@@ -118,7 +119,10 @@ static psmouse_ret_t psmouse_smbus_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
 
 static int psmouse_smbus_reconnect(struct psmouse *psmouse)
 {
-	psmouse_deactivate(psmouse);
+	struct psmouse_smbus_dev *smbdev = psmouse->private;
+
+	if (smbdev->need_deactivate)
+		psmouse_deactivate(psmouse);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -225,6 +229,7 @@ void psmouse_smbus_cleanup(struct psmouse *psmouse)
 int psmouse_smbus_init(struct psmouse *psmouse,
 		       const struct i2c_board_info *board,
 		       const void *pdata, size_t pdata_size,
+		       bool need_deactivate,
 		       bool leave_breadcrumbs)
 {
 	struct psmouse_smbus_dev *smbdev;
@@ -236,6 +241,7 @@ int psmouse_smbus_init(struct psmouse *psmouse,
 
 	smbdev->psmouse = psmouse;
 	smbdev->board = *board;
+	smbdev->need_deactivate = need_deactivate;
 
 	if (pdata) {
 		smbdev->board.platform_data = kmemdup(pdata, pdata_size,
@@ -246,6 +252,9 @@ int psmouse_smbus_init(struct psmouse *psmouse,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (need_deactivate)
+		psmouse_deactivate(psmouse);
+
 	psmouse->private = smbdev;
 	psmouse->protocol_handler = psmouse_smbus_process_byte;
 	psmouse->reconnect = psmouse_smbus_reconnect;
@@ -253,8 +262,6 @@ int psmouse_smbus_init(struct psmouse *psmouse,
 	psmouse->disconnect = psmouse_smbus_disconnect;
 	psmouse->resync_time = 0;
 
-	psmouse_deactivate(psmouse);
-
 	mutex_lock(&psmouse_smbus_mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&smbdev->node, &psmouse_smbus_list);
 	mutex_unlock(&psmouse_smbus_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
index dd4ec1f602d71df848bd5deca4af1f35e40c25ff..64c3a5d3fb3e6b92cd8c9b58102f7a29d7acb55d 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ struct i2c_board_info;
 int psmouse_smbus_init(struct psmouse *psmouse,
 		       const struct i2c_board_info *board,
 		       const void *pdata, size_t pdata_size,
+		       bool need_deactivate,
 		       bool leave_breadcrumbs);
 void psmouse_smbus_cleanup(struct psmouse *psmouse);
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
index 60f2c463d1cc7d2805d9a98923ad3934d5ff2294..e3e0ef585eb677797aed429f1dc49a546a2eff31 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
@@ -1748,7 +1748,7 @@ static int synaptics_create_intertouch(struct psmouse *psmouse,
 	};
 
 	return psmouse_smbus_init(psmouse, &intertouch_board,
-				  &pdata, sizeof(pdata),
+				  &pdata, sizeof(pdata), true,
 				  leave_breadcrumbs);
 }