diff --git a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfname.c b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfname.c
index 3cb910ded44a9465f0f07808f90640f3058959ef..5efa4e7ddb0b18088f8cf68a34ba262f9e8aa677 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfname.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsxfname.c
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ acpi_get_object_info(acpi_handle handle, struct acpi_buffer * buffer)
 	info->name = node->name.integer;
 	info->valid = 0;
 
+	if (node->type == ACPI_TYPE_METHOD) {
+		info->param_count = node->object->method.param_count;
+	}
+
 	status = acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		goto cleanup;
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 73d6b1cb07f3e7d981dc0935d16175ae099abb39..6bd08e83f31c4da013e88eda744b0ee5f7c5ac65 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ struct acpi_obj_info_header {
 struct acpi_device_info {
 	ACPI_COMMON_OBJ_INFO;
 
+	u32 param_count;	/* If a method, required parameter count */
 	u32 valid;		/* Indicates which fields below are valid */
 	u32 current_status;	/* _STA value */
 	acpi_integer address;	/* _ADR value if any */