1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
index 1782c3d85ba2..c6297f57fea8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ acpi_ns_check_predefined_names(struct acpi_namespace_node *node,
         data->node_flags = node->flags;
         data->pathname = pathname;
 
+        /* TBD: For variable-length Packages, remove NULL elements here */
+
         /*
          * Check that the type of the return object is what is expected for
          * this predefined name
@@ -223,10 +225,11 @@ acpi_ns_check_predefined_names(struct acpi_namespace_node *node,
                                            predefined->info.expected_btypes,
                                            ACPI_NOT_PACKAGE_ELEMENT);
         if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
-
-                /* For returned Package objects, check the type of all sub-objects */
-
-                if (return_object->common.type == ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE) {
+                /*
+                 * For returned Package objects, check the type of all sub-objects.
+                 * Note: Package may have been created by call above.
+                 */
+                if ((*return_object_ptr)->common.type == ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE) {
                         status = acpi_ns_check_package(data, return_object_ptr);
                 }
         }