1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsalloc.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsalloc.c
index bc3f598257a2..fd1ff54cda19 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsalloc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsalloc.c
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ void acpi_ns_delete_node(struct acpi_namespace_node *node)
                 obj_desc = next_desc;
         }
 
+        /* Special case for the statically allocated root node */
+
+        if (node == acpi_gbl_root_node) {
+                return;
+        }
+
         /* Now we can delete the node */
 
         (void)acpi_os_release_object(acpi_gbl_namespace_cache, node);