diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_numa.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_numa.c
index 4f4f1815e0471e0eb2e242b8462a7e4eb8e8b137..b63705407e5db87e0eeff06fd42b4bfc7ff19cfa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_numa.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_numa.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static inline int get_cpu_for_acpi_id(u32 uid)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static int __init acpi_parse_gicc_pxm(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+static int __init acpi_parse_gicc_pxm(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 				      const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_srat_gicc_affinity *pa;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index 090e7603c2da30d96029056f2cb7164ab873207c..fe562778de352074926eb8da6fe343b28d52f769 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ acpi_map_gic_cpu_interface(struct acpi_madt_generic_interrupt *processor)
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_gic_cpu_interface(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+acpi_parse_gic_cpu_interface(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 			     const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_generic_interrupt *processor;
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ acpi_parse_gic_cpu_interface(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 	if (BAD_MADT_GICC_ENTRY(processor, end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(&header->common);
 
 	acpi_map_gic_cpu_interface(processor);
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
index 0c1dac64e77b8d71dbaa7618974f26cb041efa5e..faf5d81ecbdbbb30b7842cdb37dd0062dad024bf 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ struct acpi_table_madt *acpi_madt __initdata;
 static u8 has_8259;
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_lapic_addr_ovr(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
+acpi_parse_lapic_addr_ovr(union acpi_subtable_headers * header,
 			  const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_local_apic_override *lapic;
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ acpi_parse_lapic_addr_ovr(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_lsapic(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
+acpi_parse_lsapic(union acpi_subtable_headers *header, const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_local_sapic *lsapic;
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ acpi_parse_lsapic(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_lapic_nmi(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
+acpi_parse_lapic_nmi(union acpi_subtable_headers * header, const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_local_apic_nmi *lacpi_nmi;
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ acpi_parse_lapic_nmi(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long e
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_iosapic(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
+acpi_parse_iosapic(union acpi_subtable_headers * header, const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_io_sapic *iosapic;
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ acpi_parse_iosapic(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end
 static unsigned int __initdata acpi_madt_rev;
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_plat_int_src(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
+acpi_parse_plat_int_src(union acpi_subtable_headers * header,
 			const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_interrupt_source *plintsrc;
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ unsigned int get_cpei_target_cpu(void)
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_int_src_ovr(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
+acpi_parse_int_src_ovr(union acpi_subtable_headers * header,
 		       const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_interrupt_override *p;
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ acpi_parse_int_src_ovr(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_nmi_src(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
+acpi_parse_nmi_src(union acpi_subtable_headers * header, const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_nmi_source *nmi_src;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 94554a5dc2dfb4ed252beae5cbdfefcdc06c5839..6fc7e69b42559feb2f90dd75a58386bed3a23abf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static int acpi_register_lapic(int id, u32 acpiid, u8 enabled)
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_x2apic(struct acpi_subtable_header *header, const unsigned long end)
+acpi_parse_x2apic(union acpi_subtable_headers *header, const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_local_x2apic *processor = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ acpi_parse_x2apic(struct acpi_subtable_header *header, const unsigned long end)
 	if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(processor, end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(&header->common);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC
 	apic_id = processor->local_apic_id;
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ acpi_parse_x2apic(struct acpi_subtable_header *header, const unsigned long end)
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_lapic(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
+acpi_parse_lapic(union acpi_subtable_headers * header, const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_local_apic *processor = NULL;
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ acpi_parse_lapic(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
 	if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(processor, end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(&header->common);
 
 	/* Ignore invalid ID */
 	if (processor->id == 0xff)
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ acpi_parse_lapic(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_sapic(struct acpi_subtable_header *header, const unsigned long end)
+acpi_parse_sapic(union acpi_subtable_headers *header, const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_local_sapic *processor = NULL;
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ acpi_parse_sapic(struct acpi_subtable_header *header, const unsigned long end)
 	if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(processor, end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(&header->common);
 
 	acpi_register_lapic((processor->id << 8) | processor->eid,/* APIC ID */
 			    processor->processor_id, /* ACPI ID */
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ acpi_parse_sapic(struct acpi_subtable_header *header, const unsigned long end)
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_lapic_addr_ovr(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
+acpi_parse_lapic_addr_ovr(union acpi_subtable_headers * header,
 			  const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_local_apic_override *lapic_addr_ovr = NULL;
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ acpi_parse_lapic_addr_ovr(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
 	if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(lapic_addr_ovr, end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(&header->common);
 
 	acpi_lapic_addr = lapic_addr_ovr->address;
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ acpi_parse_lapic_addr_ovr(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_x2apic_nmi(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+acpi_parse_x2apic_nmi(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 		      const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_local_x2apic_nmi *x2apic_nmi = NULL;
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ acpi_parse_x2apic_nmi(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 	if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(x2apic_nmi, end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(&header->common);
 
 	if (x2apic_nmi->lint != 1)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "NMI not connected to LINT 1!\n");
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ acpi_parse_x2apic_nmi(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_lapic_nmi(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
+acpi_parse_lapic_nmi(union acpi_subtable_headers * header, const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_local_apic_nmi *lapic_nmi = NULL;
 
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ acpi_parse_lapic_nmi(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long e
 	if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(lapic_nmi, end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(&header->common);
 
 	if (lapic_nmi->lint != 1)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "NMI not connected to LINT 1!\n");
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ static int __init mp_register_ioapic_irq(u8 bus_irq, u8 polarity,
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_ioapic(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
+acpi_parse_ioapic(union acpi_subtable_headers * header, const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_io_apic *ioapic = NULL;
 	struct ioapic_domain_cfg cfg = {
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ acpi_parse_ioapic(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
 	if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(ioapic, end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(&header->common);
 
 	/* Statically assign IRQ numbers for IOAPICs hosting legacy IRQs */
 	if (ioapic->global_irq_base < nr_legacy_irqs())
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static void __init acpi_sci_ioapic_setup(u8 bus_irq, u16 polarity, u16 trigger,
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_int_src_ovr(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
+acpi_parse_int_src_ovr(union acpi_subtable_headers * header,
 		       const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_interrupt_override *intsrc = NULL;
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ acpi_parse_int_src_ovr(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
 	if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(intsrc, end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(&header->common);
 
 	if (intsrc->source_irq == acpi_gbl_FADT.sci_interrupt) {
 		acpi_sci_ioapic_setup(intsrc->source_irq,
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ acpi_parse_int_src_ovr(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_nmi_src(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end)
+acpi_parse_nmi_src(union acpi_subtable_headers * header, const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_nmi_source *nmi_src = NULL;
 
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ acpi_parse_nmi_src(struct acpi_subtable_header * header, const unsigned long end
 	if (BAD_MADT_ENTRY(nmi_src, end))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_madt_entry(&header->common);
 
 	/* TBD: Support nimsrc entries? */
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/numa.c b/drivers/acpi/numa.c
index 63d4f6b15e4dbc163558e43297fabf2073c2e31c..9d7acf895264ddecf8c98e195a2f9df31302cbdf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/numa.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/numa.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ acpi_numa_x2apic_affinity_init(struct acpi_srat_x2apic_cpu_affinity *pa)
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_x2apic_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+acpi_parse_x2apic_affinity(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 			   const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_srat_x2apic_cpu_affinity *processor_affinity;
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ acpi_parse_x2apic_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 	if (!processor_affinity)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_srat_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_srat_entry(&header->common);
 
 	/* let architecture-dependent part to do it */
 	acpi_numa_x2apic_affinity_init(processor_affinity);
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ acpi_parse_x2apic_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_processor_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+acpi_parse_processor_affinity(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 			      const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_srat_cpu_affinity *processor_affinity;
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ acpi_parse_processor_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 	if (!processor_affinity)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_srat_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_srat_entry(&header->common);
 
 	/* let architecture-dependent part to do it */
 	acpi_numa_processor_affinity_init(processor_affinity);
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ acpi_parse_processor_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_gicc_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+acpi_parse_gicc_affinity(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 			 const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_srat_gicc_affinity *processor_affinity;
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ acpi_parse_gicc_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 	if (!processor_affinity)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_srat_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_srat_entry(&header->common);
 
 	/* let architecture-dependent part to do it */
 	acpi_numa_gicc_affinity_init(processor_affinity);
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ acpi_parse_gicc_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 static int __initdata parsed_numa_memblks;
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_memory_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
+acpi_parse_memory_affinity(union acpi_subtable_headers * header,
 			   const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_srat_mem_affinity *memory_affinity;
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ acpi_parse_memory_affinity(struct acpi_subtable_header * header,
 	if (!memory_affinity)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	acpi_table_print_srat_entry(header);
+	acpi_table_print_srat_entry(&header->common);
 
 	/* let architecture-dependent part to do it */
 	if (!acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init(memory_affinity))
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 3110ac8176cbb9faa5be88c9f59b6bf302ea4571..42ea4f784fa5ad3c8ed5c1b3ed7524d760103ceb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -2259,10 +2259,10 @@ static struct acpi_probe_entry *ape;
 static int acpi_probe_count;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(acpi_probe_mutex);
 
-static int __init acpi_match_madt(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+static int __init acpi_match_madt(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 				  const unsigned long end)
 {
-	if (!ape->subtable_valid || ape->subtable_valid(header, ape))
+	if (!ape->subtable_valid || ape->subtable_valid(&header->common, ape))
 		if (!ape->probe_subtbl(header, end))
 			acpi_probe_count++;
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
index 11caaa455f3e6bb6a746fdea37c25c5428994c3f..ce0daf5c629343faa875338dc08961771f50aa1e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ static struct acpi_table_desc initial_tables[ACPI_MAX_TABLES] __initdata;
 
 static int acpi_apic_instance __initdata;
 
+enum acpi_subtable_type {
+	ACPI_SUBTABLE_COMMON,
+};
+
+struct acpi_subtable_entry {
+	union acpi_subtable_headers *hdr;
+	enum acpi_subtable_type type;
+};
+
 /*
  * Disable table checksum verification for the early stage due to the size
  * limitation of the current x86 early mapping implementation.
@@ -218,6 +227,42 @@ void acpi_table_print_madt_entry(struct acpi_subtable_header *header)
 	}
 }
 
+static unsigned long __init
+acpi_get_entry_type(struct acpi_subtable_entry *entry)
+{
+	switch (entry->type) {
+	case ACPI_SUBTABLE_COMMON:
+		return entry->hdr->common.type;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned long __init
+acpi_get_entry_length(struct acpi_subtable_entry *entry)
+{
+	switch (entry->type) {
+	case ACPI_SUBTABLE_COMMON:
+		return entry->hdr->common.length;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned long __init
+acpi_get_subtable_header_length(struct acpi_subtable_entry *entry)
+{
+	switch (entry->type) {
+	case ACPI_SUBTABLE_COMMON:
+		return sizeof(entry->hdr->common);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static enum acpi_subtable_type __init
+acpi_get_subtable_type(char *id)
+{
+	return ACPI_SUBTABLE_COMMON;
+}
+
 /**
  * acpi_parse_entries_array - for each proc_num find a suitable subtable
  *
@@ -247,8 +292,8 @@ acpi_parse_entries_array(char *id, unsigned long table_size,
 		struct acpi_subtable_proc *proc, int proc_num,
 		unsigned int max_entries)
 {
-	struct acpi_subtable_header *entry;
-	unsigned long table_end;
+	struct acpi_subtable_entry entry;
+	unsigned long table_end, subtable_len, entry_len;
 	int count = 0;
 	int errs = 0;
 	int i;
@@ -271,19 +316,20 @@ acpi_parse_entries_array(char *id, unsigned long table_size,
 
 	/* Parse all entries looking for a match. */
 
-	entry = (struct acpi_subtable_header *)
+	entry.type = acpi_get_subtable_type(id);
+	entry.hdr = (union acpi_subtable_headers *)
 	    ((unsigned long)table_header + table_size);
+	subtable_len = acpi_get_subtable_header_length(&entry);
 
-	while (((unsigned long)entry) + sizeof(struct acpi_subtable_header) <
-	       table_end) {
+	while (((unsigned long)entry.hdr) + subtable_len  < table_end) {
 		if (max_entries && count >= max_entries)
 			break;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < proc_num; i++) {
-			if (entry->type != proc[i].id)
+			if (acpi_get_entry_type(&entry) != proc[i].id)
 				continue;
 			if (!proc[i].handler ||
-			     (!errs && proc[i].handler(entry, table_end))) {
+			     (!errs && proc[i].handler(entry.hdr, table_end))) {
 				errs++;
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -298,13 +344,14 @@ acpi_parse_entries_array(char *id, unsigned long table_size,
 		 * If entry->length is 0, break from this loop to avoid
 		 * infinite loop.
 		 */
-		if (entry->length == 0) {
+		entry_len = acpi_get_entry_length(&entry);
+		if (entry_len == 0) {
 			pr_err("[%4.4s:0x%02x] Invalid zero length\n", id, proc->id);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		entry = (struct acpi_subtable_header *)
-		    ((unsigned long)entry + entry->length);
+		entry.hdr = (union acpi_subtable_headers *)
+		    ((unsigned long)entry.hdr + entry_len);
 	}
 
 	if (max_entries && count > max_entries) {
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c
index f5fe0100f9ffd043d251d96ce473775bfdafd3b4..de14e06fd9ec86c48d340a9a1da78f5d33af5efa 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static struct fwnode_handle *gicv2m_get_fwnode(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 static int __init
-acpi_parse_madt_msi(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+acpi_parse_madt_msi(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 		    const unsigned long end)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its-pci-msi.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its-pci-msi.c
index 8d6d009d1d586f9271c508138bdbc55c064c8f9e..c81d5b81da56d0f54ef73b0415470ea6270e4a61 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its-pci-msi.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its-pci-msi.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static int __init its_pci_of_msi_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 
 static int __init
-its_pci_msi_parse_madt(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+its_pci_msi_parse_madt(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 		       const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_generic_translator *its_entry;
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its-platform-msi.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its-platform-msi.c
index 7b8e87b493fe5defd6ebd5968f92c856c8fdcc8c..9cdcda5bb3bd50b8a7212589fcb4481a3874cd02 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its-platform-msi.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its-platform-msi.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int __init its_pmsi_init_one(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 static int __init
-its_pmsi_parse_madt(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+its_pmsi_parse_madt(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 			const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_generic_translator *its_entry;
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
index 489e2e85ce3a33a861fefa9db8f0df1f37f926fe..1a2ecfa23fd8c60da0b06e16edb7ee120ec180b7 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
@@ -4102,13 +4102,13 @@ static int __init acpi_get_its_numa_node(u32 its_id)
 	return NUMA_NO_NODE;
 }
 
-static int __init gic_acpi_match_srat_its(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+static int __init gic_acpi_match_srat_its(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 					  const unsigned long end)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init gic_acpi_parse_srat_its(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+static int __init gic_acpi_parse_srat_its(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 			 const unsigned long end)
 {
 	int node;
@@ -4175,7 +4175,7 @@ static int __init acpi_get_its_numa_node(u32 its_id) { return NUMA_NO_NODE; }
 static void __init acpi_its_srat_maps_free(void) { }
 #endif
 
-static int __init gic_acpi_parse_madt_its(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+static int __init gic_acpi_parse_madt_its(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 					  const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_generic_translator *its_entry;
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
index 8d25588735610aff1d134eca7f513ade0ca5dfaf..10edf545e702a5cd8c81a315c51ed318769d9e94 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
@@ -1846,7 +1846,7 @@ gic_acpi_register_redist(phys_addr_t phys_base, void __iomem *redist_base)
 }
 
 static int __init
-gic_acpi_parse_madt_redist(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+gic_acpi_parse_madt_redist(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 			   const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_generic_redistributor *redist =
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ gic_acpi_parse_madt_redist(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 }
 
 static int __init
-gic_acpi_parse_madt_gicc(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+gic_acpi_parse_madt_gicc(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 			 const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_generic_interrupt *gicc =
@@ -1906,14 +1906,14 @@ static int __init gic_acpi_collect_gicr_base(void)
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static int __init gic_acpi_match_gicr(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+static int __init gic_acpi_match_gicr(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 				  const unsigned long end)
 {
 	/* Subtable presence means that redist exists, that's it */
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init gic_acpi_match_gicc(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+static int __init gic_acpi_match_gicc(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 				      const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_generic_interrupt *gicc =
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ static bool __init acpi_validate_gic_table(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int __init gic_acpi_parse_virt_madt_gicc(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+static int __init gic_acpi_parse_virt_madt_gicc(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 						const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_generic_interrupt *gicc =
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
index 76e61392c3df5459dbcf553d9febaf06d5277ae8..71e20e9f31501a16f3b4565fbba04588bbe4cd44 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ static struct
 } acpi_data __initdata;
 
 static int __init
-gic_acpi_parse_madt_cpu(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+gic_acpi_parse_madt_cpu(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 			const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_madt_generic_interrupt *processor;
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ gic_acpi_parse_madt_cpu(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
 }
 
 /* The things you have to do to just *count* something... */
-static int __init acpi_dummy_func(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+static int __init acpi_dummy_func(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 				  const unsigned long end)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
index 256f18b67e8a6c3adcc720e1a74f133a910d1f09..08a0a3517138e6c78943f7eac9454178726ea9b5 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static const struct mbox_chan_ops pcc_chan_ops = {
  *
  * This gets called for each entry in the PCC table.
  */
-static int parse_pcc_subspace(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+static int parse_pcc_subspace(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 		const unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct acpi_pcct_subspace *ss = (struct acpi_pcct_subspace *) header;
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 698da32ea4a07e870692bd40b0dc2c1d4ffd202f..344e6f793e3dd195d36dd1ad3100e4347254df49 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -141,10 +141,13 @@ enum acpi_address_range_id {
 
 
 /* Table Handlers */
+union acpi_subtable_headers {
+	struct acpi_subtable_header common;
+};
 
 typedef int (*acpi_tbl_table_handler)(struct acpi_table_header *table);
 
-typedef int (*acpi_tbl_entry_handler)(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
+typedef int (*acpi_tbl_entry_handler)(union acpi_subtable_headers *header,
 				      const unsigned long end);
 
 /* Debugger support */