3 files changed, 46 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exdump.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exdump.c
index 251d84ba79b3..ed560e656f9a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exdump.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exdump.c
@@ -895,14 +895,25 @@ static void acpi_ex_dump_reference_obj(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc)
         } else if (obj_desc->reference.object) {
                 if (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(obj_desc) ==
                     ACPI_DESC_TYPE_OPERAND) {
-                        acpi_os_printf(" Target: %p [%s]\n",
-                                       obj_desc->reference.object,
-                                       acpi_ut_get_type_name(((union
-                                                               acpi_operand_object
-                                                               *)obj_desc->
-                                                              reference.
-                                                              object)->common.
-                                                             type));
+                        acpi_os_printf(" Target: %p",
+                                       obj_desc->reference.object);
+                        if (obj_desc->reference.opcode == AML_LOAD_OP) {
+                                /*
+                                 * For DDBHandle reference,
+                                 * obj_desc->Reference.Object is the table index
+                                 */
+                                acpi_os_printf(" [DDBHandle]\n");
+                        } else {
+                                acpi_os_printf(" [%s]\n",
+                                               acpi_ut_get_type_name(((union
+                                                                       acpi_operand_object
+                                                                       *)
+                                                                      obj_desc->
+                                                                      reference.
+                                                                      object)->
+                                                                     common.
+                                                                     type));
+                        }
                 } else {
                         acpi_os_printf(" Target: %p\n",
                                        obj_desc->reference.object);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
index 9c3cdf61dc34..5b5b2ff45ea2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
@@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_multiple(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
         }
 
         /*
-         * For reference objects created via the ref_of or Index operators,
-         * we need to get to the base object (as per the ACPI specification
-         * of the object_type and size_of operators). This means traversing
-         * the list of possibly many nested references.
+         * For reference objects created via the ref_of, Index, or Load/load_table
+         * operators, we need to get to the base object (as per the ACPI
+         * specification of the object_type and size_of operators). This means
+         * traversing the list of possibly many nested references.
          */
         while (ACPI_GET_OBJECT_TYPE(obj_desc) == ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE) {
                 switch (obj_desc->reference.opcode) {
@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_multiple(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
                         }
                         break;
 
+                case AML_LOAD_OP:
+
+                        type = ACPI_TYPE_DDB_HANDLE;
+                        goto exit;
+
                 case AML_LOCAL_OP:
                 case AML_ARG_OP:
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c
index 2408122cb3b2..725614e277f8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exstore.c
@@ -434,11 +434,24 @@ acpi_ex_store_object_to_index(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
                  */
                 obj_desc = *(index_desc->reference.where);
 
-                status =
-                    acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject(source_desc, &new_desc,
-                                                    walk_state);
-                if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-                        return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+                if (ACPI_GET_OBJECT_TYPE(source_desc) ==
+                    ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE
+                    && source_desc->reference.opcode == AML_LOAD_OP) {
+
+                        /* This is a DDBHandle, just add a reference to it */
+
+                        acpi_ut_add_reference(source_desc);
+                        new_desc = source_desc;
+                } else {
+                        /* Normal object, copy it */
+
+                        status =
+                            acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject(source_desc,
+                                                            &new_desc,
+                                                            walk_state);
+                        if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+                                return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+                        }
                 }
 
                 if (obj_desc) {