1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
index c509c9916464..c0cf45a11b93 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ static int ide_get_dev_handle(struct device *dev, acpi_handle *handle,
         unsigned int bus, devnum, func;
         acpi_integer addr;
         acpi_handle dev_handle;
-        struct acpi_buffer buffer = {.length = ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
-                                        .pointer = NULL};
         acpi_status status;
         struct acpi_device_info *dinfo = NULL;
         int ret = -ENODEV;
@@ -134,12 +132,11 @@ static int ide_get_dev_handle(struct device *dev, acpi_handle *handle,
                 goto err;
         }
 
-        status = acpi_get_object_info(dev_handle, &buffer);
+        status = acpi_get_object_info(dev_handle, &dinfo);
         if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
                 DEBPRINT("get_object_info for device failed\n");
                 goto err;
         }
-        dinfo = buffer.pointer;
         if (dinfo && (dinfo->valid & ACPI_VALID_ADR) &&
             dinfo->address == addr) {
                 *pcidevfn = addr;