diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_acpi.c b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_acpi.c
index 928eacbeb21a..7b3ac133ef86 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_acpi.c
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ struct ucsi_acpi {
 	void *base;
 	struct completion complete;
 	unsigned long flags;
+#define UCSI_ACPI_SUPPRESS_EVENT	0
+#define UCSI_ACPI_COMMAND_PENDING	1
+#define UCSI_ACPI_ACK_PENDING		2
 	guid_t guid;
 	u64 cmd;
-	bool dell_quirk_probed;
-	bool dell_quirk_active;
 };
 
 static int ucsi_acpi_dsm(struct ucsi_acpi *ua, int func)
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ static int ucsi_acpi_sync_write(struct ucsi *ucsi, unsigned int offset,
 	int ret;
 
 	if (ack)
-		set_bit(ACK_PENDING, &ua->flags);
+		set_bit(UCSI_ACPI_ACK_PENDING, &ua->flags);
 	else
-		set_bit(COMMAND_PENDING, &ua->flags);
+		set_bit(UCSI_ACPI_COMMAND_PENDING, &ua->flags);
 
 	ret = ucsi_acpi_async_write(ucsi, offset, val, val_len);
 	if (ret)
@@ -92,9 +93,9 @@ static int ucsi_acpi_sync_write(struct ucsi *ucsi, unsigned int offset,
 
 out_clear_bit:
 	if (ack)
-		clear_bit(ACK_PENDING, &ua->flags);
+		clear_bit(UCSI_ACPI_ACK_PENDING, &ua->flags);
 	else
-		clear_bit(COMMAND_PENDING, &ua->flags);
+		clear_bit(UCSI_ACPI_COMMAND_PENDING, &ua->flags);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -129,51 +130,40 @@ static const struct ucsi_operations ucsi_zenbook_ops = {
 };
 
 /*
- * Some Dell laptops expect that an ACK command with the
- * UCSI_ACK_CONNECTOR_CHANGE bit set is followed by a (separate)
- * ACK command that only has the UCSI_ACK_COMMAND_COMPLETE bit set.
- * If this is not done events are not delivered to OSPM and
- * subsequent commands will timeout.
+ * Some Dell laptops don't like ACK commands with the
+ * UCSI_ACK_CONNECTOR_CHANGE but not the UCSI_ACK_COMMAND_COMPLETE
+ * bit set. To work around this send a dummy command and bundle the
+ * UCSI_ACK_CONNECTOR_CHANGE with the UCSI_ACK_COMMAND_COMPLETE
+ * for the dummy command.
  */
 static int
 ucsi_dell_sync_write(struct ucsi *ucsi, unsigned int offset,
 		     const void *val, size_t val_len)
 {
 	struct ucsi_acpi *ua = ucsi_get_drvdata(ucsi);
-	u64 cmd = *(u64 *)val, ack = 0;
+	u64 cmd = *(u64 *)val;
+	u64 dummycmd = UCSI_GET_CAPABILITY;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (UCSI_COMMAND(cmd) == UCSI_ACK_CC_CI &&
-	    cmd & UCSI_ACK_CONNECTOR_CHANGE)
-		ack = UCSI_ACK_CC_CI | UCSI_ACK_COMMAND_COMPLETE;
-
-	ret = ucsi_acpi_sync_write(ucsi, offset, val, val_len);
-	if (ret != 0)
-		return ret;
-	if (ack == 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	if (!ua->dell_quirk_probed) {
-		ua->dell_quirk_probed = true;
-
-		cmd = UCSI_GET_CAPABILITY;
-		ret = ucsi_acpi_sync_write(ucsi, UCSI_CONTROL, &cmd,
-					   sizeof(cmd));
-		if (ret == 0)
-			return ucsi_acpi_sync_write(ucsi, UCSI_CONTROL,
-						    &ack, sizeof(ack));
-		if (ret != -ETIMEDOUT)
+	if (cmd == (UCSI_ACK_CC_CI | UCSI_ACK_CONNECTOR_CHANGE)) {
+		cmd |= UCSI_ACK_COMMAND_COMPLETE;
+
+		/*
+		 * The UCSI core thinks it is sending a connector change ack
+		 * and will accept new connector change events. We don't want
+		 * this to happen for the dummy command as its response will
+		 * still report the very event that the core is trying to clear.
+		 */
+		set_bit(UCSI_ACPI_SUPPRESS_EVENT, &ua->flags);
+		ret = ucsi_acpi_sync_write(ucsi, UCSI_CONTROL, &dummycmd,
+					   sizeof(dummycmd));
+		clear_bit(UCSI_ACPI_SUPPRESS_EVENT, &ua->flags);
+
+		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
-
-		ua->dell_quirk_active = true;
-		dev_err(ua->dev, "Firmware bug: Additional ACK required after ACKing a connector change.\n");
-		dev_err(ua->dev, "Firmware bug: Enabling workaround\n");
 	}
 
-	if (!ua->dell_quirk_active)
-		return ret;
-
-	return ucsi_acpi_sync_write(ucsi, UCSI_CONTROL, &ack, sizeof(ack));
+	return ucsi_acpi_sync_write(ucsi, UCSI_CONTROL, &cmd, sizeof(cmd));
 }
 
 static const struct ucsi_operations ucsi_dell_ops = {
@@ -209,13 +199,14 @@ static void ucsi_acpi_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 	if (ret)
 		return;
 
-	if (UCSI_CCI_CONNECTOR(cci))
+	if (UCSI_CCI_CONNECTOR(cci) &&
+	    !test_bit(UCSI_ACPI_SUPPRESS_EVENT, &ua->flags))
 		ucsi_connector_change(ua->ucsi, UCSI_CCI_CONNECTOR(cci));
 
 	if (cci & UCSI_CCI_ACK_COMPLETE && test_bit(ACK_PENDING, &ua->flags))
 		complete(&ua->complete);
 	if (cci & UCSI_CCI_COMMAND_COMPLETE &&
-	    test_bit(COMMAND_PENDING, &ua->flags))
+	    test_bit(UCSI_ACPI_COMMAND_PENDING, &ua->flags))
 		complete(&ua->complete);
 }
 
