1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c
index 3607adcaf085..8e85f54a8e0e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsobject.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ acpi_ds_build_internal_object(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 {
         union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc;
         acpi_status status;
+        acpi_object_type type;
 
         ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ds_build_internal_object);
 
@@ -172,7 +173,20 @@ acpi_ds_build_internal_object(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
                                 return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
                         }
 
-                        switch (op->common.node->type) {
+                        /*
+                         * Special handling for Alias objects. We need to setup the type
+                         * and the Op->Common.Node to point to the Alias target. Note,
+                         * Alias has at most one level of indirection internally.
+                         */
+                        type = op->common.node->type;
+                        if (type == ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_ALIAS) {
+                                type = obj_desc->common.type;
+                                op->common.node =
+                                    ACPI_CAST_PTR(struct acpi_namespace_node,
+                                                  op->common.node->object);
+                        }
+
+                        switch (type) {
                                 /*
                                  * For these types, we need the actual node, not the subobject.
                                  * However, the subobject did not get an extra reference count above.