Merge branch 'linus' into x86/xen

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
index 24da921d13e3..39d742190584 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
@@ -375,9 +375,15 @@ acpi_ex_load_op(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc,
                 goto cleanup;
         }
 
+        /*
+         * Add the table to the namespace.
+         *
+         * Note: We load the table objects relative to the root of the namespace.
+         * This appears to go against the ACPI specification, but we do it for
+         * compatibility with other ACPI implementations.
+         */
         status =
-            acpi_ex_add_table(table_index, walk_state->scope_info->scope.node,
-                              &ddb_handle);
+            acpi_ex_add_table(table_index, acpi_gbl_root_node, &ddb_handle);
         if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 
                 /* On error, table_ptr was deallocated above */