2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
index 3c76edea6803..4c081c436089 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ int acpi_ut_stricmp(char *string1, char *string2);
 
 acpi_status acpi_ut_strtoul64(char *string, u32 base, u64 *ret_integer);
 
-void acpi_ut_print_string(char *string, u8 max_length);
+void acpi_ut_print_string(char *string, u16 max_length);
 
 void ut_convert_backslashes(char *pathname);
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c
index c53759b76a3f..cb1e9cc32d5f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utstring.c
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_strtoul64(char *string, u32 base, u64 *ret_integer)
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_ut_print_string
  *
  * PARAMETERS:  string          - Null terminated ASCII string
- *              max_length      - Maximum output length
+ *              max_length      - Maximum output length. Used to constrain the
+ *                                length of strings during debug output only.
  *
  * RETURN:      None
  *
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_strtoul64(char *string, u32 base, u64 *ret_integer)
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-void acpi_ut_print_string(char *string, u8 max_length)
+void acpi_ut_print_string(char *string, u16 max_length)
 {
         u32 i;