diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
index e1416a2183cf0e0bb465b284528e6e56b9380611..fa76a3603aa148c5d4ad60c67e6b5a5ce3442acc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_tb_validate_rsdp(struct acpi_table_rsdp * rsdp)
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-acpi_status __init acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_size * table_address)
+acpi_status __init acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_physical_address * table_address)
 {
 	u8 *table_ptr;
 	u8 *mem_rover;
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_size * table_address)
 			physical_address +=
 			    (u32) ACPI_PTR_DIFF(mem_rover, table_ptr);
 
-			*table_address = physical_address;
+			*table_address =
+			    (acpi_physical_address) physical_address;
 			return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
 		}
 	}
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_size * table_address)
 		    (ACPI_HI_RSDP_WINDOW_BASE +
 		     ACPI_PTR_DIFF(mem_rover, table_ptr));
 
-		*table_address = physical_address;
+		*table_address = (acpi_physical_address) physical_address;
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpixf.h b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
index d56f5d7221389d5b315ba5b5ef278d1ff0b532b1..65aa4fa0ae4ebff9983670ee8dffb80a1dfa4bed 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpixf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
@@ -431,13 +431,13 @@ ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status __init acpi_load_tables(void))
 ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status __init acpi_reallocate_root_table(void))
 
 ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status __init
-			    acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_size * rsdp_address))
-
+			    acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_physical_address *
+						   rsdp_address))
 ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status
-			    acpi_get_table_header(acpi_string signature,
-						  u32 instance,
-						  struct acpi_table_header
-						  *out_table_header))
+			     acpi_get_table_header(acpi_string signature,
+						   u32 instance,
+						   struct acpi_table_header
+						   *out_table_header))
 ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status
 			     acpi_get_table(acpi_string signature, u32 instance,
 					    struct acpi_table_header