diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
index 925ccf22101b45adcb66817c736195adbcbf975f..5035327ebccc38b26b96789bd96c808422c13723 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ acpi_ut_short_divide(u64 in_dividend,
 /*
  * utmisc
  */
+void ut_convert_backslashes(char *pathname);
+
 const char *acpi_ut_validate_exception(acpi_status status);
 
 u8 acpi_ut_is_pci_root_bridge(char *id);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmisc.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmisc.c
index 86f19db74e0549949c9685e391166b282523b949..e86f897767e8838cb9f10cfc060f218ce6786217 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmisc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmisc.c
@@ -50,6 +50,34 @@
 #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_UTILITIES
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("utmisc")
 
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    ut_convert_backslashes
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  Pathname        - File pathname string to be converted
+ *
+ * RETURN:      Modifies the input Pathname
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Convert all backslashes (0x5C) to forward slashes (0x2F) within
+ *              the entire input file pathname string.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void ut_convert_backslashes(char *pathname)
+{
+
+	if (!pathname) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	while (*pathname) {
+		if (*pathname == '\\') {
+			*pathname = '/';
+		}
+
+		pathname++;
+	}
+}
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_ut_validate_exception
@@ -63,6 +91,7 @@ ACPI_MODULE_NAME("utmisc")
  *              an ASCII string.
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
+
 const char *acpi_ut_validate_exception(acpi_status status)
 {
 	u32 sub_status;