diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt b/Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt
index 2bd4e82e5d9..0d5ac7f5287 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ subsystem. See the logs of acpid or /proc/acpi/event and
 devices are created by the driver. Additionally, loading the driver with the
 debug option will report all events in the kernel log.
 
+The "scancodes" passed to the input system (that can be remapped with udev)
+are indexes to the table "sony_laptop_input_keycode_map" in the sony-laptop.c
+module.  For example the "FN/E" key combination (EJECTCD on some models)
+generates the scancode 20 (0x14).
+
 Backlight control:
 ------------------
 If your laptop model supports it, you will find sysfs files in the
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
index 40c470507e5..8a51795aa02 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ static void sony_laptop_report_input_event(u8 event)
 	struct input_dev *jog_dev = sony_laptop_input.jog_dev;
 	struct input_dev *key_dev = sony_laptop_input.key_dev;
 	struct sony_laptop_keypress kp = { NULL };
+	int scancode = -1;
 
 	if (event == SONYPI_EVENT_FNKEY_RELEASED ||
 			event == SONYPI_EVENT_ANYBUTTON_RELEASED) {
@@ -380,8 +381,8 @@ static void sony_laptop_report_input_event(u8 event)
 			dprintk("sony_laptop_report_input_event, event not known: %d\n", event);
 			break;
 		}
-		if (sony_laptop_input_index[event] != -1) {
-			kp.key = sony_laptop_input_keycode_map[sony_laptop_input_index[event]];
+		if ((scancode = sony_laptop_input_index[event]) != -1) {
+			kp.key = sony_laptop_input_keycode_map[scancode];
 			if (kp.key != KEY_UNKNOWN)
 				kp.dev = key_dev;
 		}
@@ -389,9 +390,11 @@ static void sony_laptop_report_input_event(u8 event)
 	}
 
 	if (kp.dev) {
+		/* if we have a scancode we emit it so we can always
+		    remap the key */
+		if (scancode != -1)
+			input_event(kp.dev, EV_MSC, MSC_SCAN, scancode);
 		input_report_key(kp.dev, kp.key, 1);
-		/* we emit the scancode so we can always remap the key */
-		input_event(kp.dev, EV_MSC, MSC_SCAN, event);
 		input_sync(kp.dev);
 
 		/* schedule key release */
@@ -466,7 +469,7 @@ static int sony_laptop_setup_input(struct acpi_device *acpi_device)
 	jog_dev->name = "Sony Vaio Jogdial";
 	jog_dev->id.bustype = BUS_ISA;
 	jog_dev->id.vendor = PCI_VENDOR_ID_SONY;
-	key_dev->dev.parent = &acpi_device->dev;
+	jog_dev->dev.parent = &acpi_device->dev;
 
 	input_set_capability(jog_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_MIDDLE);
 	input_set_capability(jog_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL);