1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsnames.c b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsnames.c
index cbd94af08cc5..cffef1bcbdbc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsnames.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsnames.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007, R. Byron Moore
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2008, Intel Corp.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ acpi_size acpi_ns_get_pathname_length(struct acpi_namespace_node *node)
         next_node = node;
 
         while (next_node && (next_node != acpi_gbl_root_node)) {
+                if (ACPI_GET_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE(next_node) != ACPI_DESC_TYPE_NAMED) {
+                        ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+                                    "Invalid NS Node (%p) while traversing path",
+                                    next_node));
+                        return 0;
+                }
                 size += ACPI_PATH_SEGMENT_LENGTH;
                 next_node = acpi_ns_get_parent_node(next_node);
         }