diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c b/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c
index dca47a591baf325eabce346ae115ed747efd7c53..e301862365889e1e2750d1514807a45d6489644b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c
@@ -590,6 +590,11 @@ static ssize_t applesmc_light_show(struct device *dev,
 	}
 
 	ret = applesmc_read_key(LIGHT_SENSOR_LEFT_KEY, buffer, data_length);
+	/* newer macbooks report a single 10-bit bigendian value */
+	if (data_length == 10) {
+		left = be16_to_cpu(*(__be16 *)(buffer + 6)) >> 2;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	left = buffer[2];
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;