1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/acpi/acresrc.h b/include/acpi/acresrc.h
index ad11fc13fbef..80a3b33571b4 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acresrc.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acresrc.h
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@
 
 /*
  * If possible, pack the following structures to byte alignment, since we
- * don't care about performance for debug output
+ * don't care about performance for debug output. Two cases where we cannot
+ * pack the structures:
+ *
+ * 1) Hardware does not support misaligned memory transfers
+ * 2) Compiler does not support pointers within packed structures
  */
-#ifndef ACPI_MISALIGNMENT_NOT_SUPPORTED
+#if (!defined(ACPI_MISALIGNMENT_NOT_SUPPORTED) && !defined(ACPI_PACKED_POINTERS_NOT_SUPPORTED))
 #pragma pack(1)
 #endif