diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/direct.c b/arch/x86/pci/direct.c
index bd13c3e4c6db..347d882b3bb3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/direct.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/direct.c
@@ -192,13 +192,14 @@ struct pci_raw_ops pci_direct_conf2 = {
 static int __init pci_sanity_check(struct pci_raw_ops *o)
 {
 	u32 x = 0;
-	int devfn;
+	int year, devfn;
 
 	if (pci_probe & PCI_NO_CHECKS)
 		return 1;
 	/* Assume Type 1 works for newer systems.
 	   This handles machines that don't have anything on PCI Bus 0. */
-	if (dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2001)
+	dmi_get_date(DMI_BIOS_DATE, &year, NULL, NULL);
+	if (year >= 2001)
 		return 1;
 
 	for (devfn = 0; devfn < 0x100; devfn++) {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c b/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c
index f6baa77deefb..0c4ca4d318b3 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/blacklist.c
@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ static struct acpi_blacklist_item acpi_blacklist[] __initdata = {
 
 static int __init blacklist_by_year(void)
 {
-	int year = dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE);
+	int year;
+
 	/* Doesn't exist? Likely an old system */
-	if (year == -1) {
+	if (!dmi_get_date(DMI_BIOS_DATE, &year, NULL, NULL)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "no DMI BIOS year, "
 			"acpi=force is required to enable ACPI\n" );
 		return 1;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index be4c39f8ab81..147b9be3b4d2 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -2679,7 +2679,7 @@ static bool ahci_asus_m2a_vm_32bit_only(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	 * different versions.
 	 */
 	date = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_DATE);
-	year = dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE);
+	dmi_get_date(DMI_BIOS_DATE, &year, NULL, NULL);
 	if (date && strlen(date) >= 10 && date[2] == '/' && date[5] == '/' &&
 	    (year > 2007 ||
 	     (year == 2007 && strncmp(date, cutoff_mmdd, 5) >= 0)))
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index 531e621677ce..938100f14b16 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -568,36 +568,76 @@ const struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *name,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_find_device);
 
 /**
- *	dmi_get_year - Return year of a DMI date
- *	@field:	data index (like dmi_get_system_info)
+ *	dmi_get_date - parse a DMI date
+ *	@field:	data index (see enum dmi_field)
+ *	@yearp: optional out parameter for the year
+ *	@monthp: optional out parameter for the month
+ *	@dayp: optional out parameter for the day
  *
- *	Returns -1 when the field doesn't exist. 0 when it is broken.
+ *	The date field is assumed to be in the form resembling
+ *	[mm[/dd]]/yy[yy] and the result is stored in the out
+ *	parameters any or all of which can be omitted.
+ *
+ *	If the field doesn't exist, all out parameters are set to zero
+ *	and false is returned.  Otherwise, true is returned with any
+ *	invalid part of date set to zero.
+ *
+ *	On return, year, month and day are guaranteed to be in the
+ *	range of [0,9999], [0,12] and [0,31] respectively.
  */
-int dmi_get_year(int field)
+bool dmi_get_date(int field, int *yearp, int *monthp, int *dayp)
 {
-	int year;
-	const char *s = dmi_get_system_info(field);
+	int year = 0, month = 0, day = 0;
+	bool exists;
+	const char *s, *y;
 	char *e;
 
-	if (!s)
-		return -1;
-	if (*s == '\0')
-		return 0;
-	s = strrchr(s, '/');
-	if (!s)
-		return 0;
+	s = dmi_get_system_info(field);
+	exists = s;
+	if (!exists)
+		goto out;
 
-	s += 1;
-	year = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 10);
-	if (s != e && year < 100) {	/* 2-digit year */
+	/*
+	 * Determine year first.  We assume the date string resembles
+	 * mm/dd/yy[yy] but the original code extracted only the year
+	 * from the end.  Keep the behavior in the spirit of no
+	 * surprises.
+	 */
+	y = strrchr(s, '/');
+	if (!y)
+		goto out;
+
+	y++;
+	year = simple_strtoul(y, &e, 10);
+	if (y != e && year < 100) {	/* 2-digit year */
 		year += 1900;
 		if (year < 1996)	/* no dates < spec 1.0 */
 			year += 100;
 	}
+	if (year > 9999)		/* year should fit in %04d */
+		year = 0;
 
-	return year;
+	/* parse the mm and dd */
+	month = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 10);
+	if (s == e || *e != '/' || !month || month > 12) {
+		month = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	s = e + 1;
+	day = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 10);
+	if (s == y || s == e || *e != '/' || day > 31)
+		day = 0;
+out:
+	if (yearp)
+		*yearp = year;
+	if (monthp)
+		*monthp = month;
+	if (dayp)
+		*dayp = day;
+	return exists;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_get_year);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmi_get_date);
 
 /**
  *	dmi_walk - Walk the DMI table and get called back for every record
diff --git a/include/linux/dmi.h b/include/linux/dmi.h
index bb5489c82c99..a8a3e1ac281d 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmi.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ extern const char * dmi_get_system_info(int field);
 extern const struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *name,
 	const struct dmi_device *from);
 extern void dmi_scan_machine(void);
-extern int dmi_get_year(int field);
+extern bool dmi_get_date(int field, int *yearp, int *monthp, int *dayp);
 extern int dmi_name_in_vendors(const char *str);
 extern int dmi_name_in_serial(const char *str);
 extern int dmi_available;
@@ -58,7 +58,16 @@ static inline const char * dmi_get_system_info(int field) { return NULL; }
 static inline const struct dmi_device * dmi_find_device(int type, const char *name,
 	const struct dmi_device *from) { return NULL; }
 static inline void dmi_scan_machine(void) { return; }
-static inline int dmi_get_year(int year) { return 0; }
+static inline bool dmi_get_date(int field, int *yearp, int *monthp, int *dayp)
+{
+	if (yearp)
+		*yearp = 0;
+	if (monthp)
+		*monthp = 0;
+	if (dayp)
+		*dayp = 0;
+	return false;
+}
 static inline int dmi_name_in_vendors(const char *s) { return 0; }
 static inline int dmi_name_in_serial(const char *s) { return 0; }
 #define dmi_available 0