diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c
index d4aa8b696ee9d8e970c904e62ef95907841f1b4c..2de8adb41d6427d7ab6586357e771267723dc991 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c
@@ -602,7 +602,6 @@ acpi_ns_init_one_device(acpi_handle obj_handle,
 	info->flags = ACPI_IGNORE_RETURN_VALUE;
 
 	status = acpi_ns_evaluate(info);
-
 	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
 		walk_info->num_INI++;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c
index 75cdb8790d490faf4acd86ef5041b3864be51cec..b5e2b0ada0abb4a7072df63b8a58ccb8cb675287 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ acpi_ns_load_table(u32 table_index, struct acpi_namespace_node *node)
 		(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
 		acpi_ns_delete_namespace_by_owner(acpi_gbl_root_table_list.
 						  tables[table_index].owner_id);
-		acpi_tb_release_owner_id(table_index);
 
+		acpi_tb_release_owner_id(table_index);
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index 814d5f83b75e1e73385b59f753c733326957696f..bef06c9503cdccb9321cb3045a1592a0153922ca 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static char acpi_os_name[ACPI_MAX_OVERRIDE_LEN];
 
 acpi_status
 acpi_os_predefined_override(const struct acpi_predefined_names *init_val,
-			    char **new_val)
+			    acpi_string *new_val)
 {
 	if (!init_val || !new_val)
 		return AE_BAD_PARAMETER;
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h b/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
index d1e34d1eeea67e36deac0a268415c46a57828b66..6026308f5b268d2b66d7f81c3c7325568c57eaa4 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ acpi_physical_address acpi_os_get_root_pointer(void);
 #ifndef ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_predefined_override
 acpi_status
 acpi_os_predefined_override(const struct acpi_predefined_names *init_val,
-			    char **new_val);
+			    acpi_string *new_val);
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_table_override