diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
index 2a32c843cb4a384a3557d80293cc4abef5a000ee..8892b9824fae7d8acad9c214356df84c528dc9b1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
@@ -479,5 +479,8 @@ acpi_status acpi_ex_unload_table(union acpi_operand_object *ddb_handle)
 
 	acpi_tb_set_table_loaded_flag(table_index, FALSE);
 
+	/* Table unloaded, remove a reference to the ddb_handle object */
+
+	acpi_ut_remove_reference(ddb_handle);
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
 }