1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utcopy.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utcopy.c
index b56953d2b59e..ba899714733b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utcopy.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utcopy.c
@@ -709,7 +709,15 @@ acpi_ut_copy_simple_object(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
                 /*
                  * We copied the reference object, so we now must add a reference
                  * to the object pointed to by the reference
+                 *
+                 * DDBHandle reference (from Load/load_table is a special reference,
+                 * it's Reference.Object is the table index, so does not need to
+                 * increase the reference count
                  */
+                if (source_desc->reference.opcode == AML_LOAD_OP) {
+                        break;
+                }
+
                 acpi_ut_add_reference(source_desc->reference.object);
                 break;