1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
index 4b0305174d25..36d88158f9f4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
@@ -582,26 +582,25 @@ u8 acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(u32 name)
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-acpi_name acpi_ut_repair_name(acpi_name name)
+acpi_name acpi_ut_repair_name(char *name)
 {
-        char *name_ptr = ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, &name);
-        char new_name[ACPI_NAME_SIZE];
         acpi_native_uint i;
+        char new_name[ACPI_NAME_SIZE];
 
         for (i = 0; i < ACPI_NAME_SIZE; i++) {
-                new_name[i] = name_ptr[i];
+                new_name[i] = name[i];
 
                 /*
                  * Replace a bad character with something printable, yet technically
                  * still invalid. This prevents any collisions with existing "good"
                  * names in the namespace.
                  */
-                if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_char(name_ptr[i], i)) {
+                if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_char(name[i], i)) {
                         new_name[i] = '*';
                 }
         }
 
-        return (*ACPI_CAST_PTR(u32, new_name));
+        return (*(u32 *) new_name);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************