diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
index 433638e7e4af..d125a019383f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
@@ -1186,12 +1186,27 @@ static psmouse_ret_t alps_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
 	}
 
 	/* Bytes 2 - pktsize should have 0 in the highest bit */
-	if ((priv->proto_version < ALPS_PROTO_V5) &&
+	if (priv->proto_version < ALPS_PROTO_V5 &&
 	    psmouse->pktcnt >= 2 && psmouse->pktcnt <= psmouse->pktsize &&
 	    (psmouse->packet[psmouse->pktcnt - 1] & 0x80)) {
 		psmouse_dbg(psmouse, "refusing packet[%i] = %x\n",
 			    psmouse->pktcnt - 1,
 			    psmouse->packet[psmouse->pktcnt - 1]);
+
+		if (priv->proto_version == ALPS_PROTO_V3 &&
+		    psmouse->pktcnt == psmouse->pktsize) {
+			/*
+			 * Some Dell boxes, such as Latitude E6440 or E7440
+			 * with closed lid, quite often smash last byte of
+			 * otherwise valid packet with 0xff. Given that the
+			 * next packet is very likely to be valid let's
+			 * report PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET but not process data,
+			 * rather than reporting PSMOUSE_BAD_DATA and
+			 * filling the logs.
+			 */
+			return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
+		}
+
 		return PSMOUSE_BAD_DATA;
 	}