diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfldio.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfldio.c
index ec7f5690031b0c5c3c0e1b097f03943b3e07f510..c84ee956fa4c58f50c8849cc660a151d46febe39 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfldio.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfldio.c
@@ -720,7 +720,19 @@ acpi_ex_extract_from_field(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc,
 
 	if ((obj_desc->common_field.start_field_bit_offset == 0) &&
 	    (obj_desc->common_field.bit_length == access_bit_width)) {
-		status = acpi_ex_field_datum_io(obj_desc, 0, buffer, ACPI_READ);
+		if (buffer_length >= sizeof(u64)) {
+			status =
+			    acpi_ex_field_datum_io(obj_desc, 0, buffer,
+						   ACPI_READ);
+		} else {
+			/* Use raw_datum (u64) to handle buffers < 64 bits */
+
+			status =
+			    acpi_ex_field_datum_io(obj_desc, 0, &raw_datum,
+						   ACPI_READ);
+			ACPI_MEMCPY(buffer, &raw_datum, buffer_length);
+		}
+
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 	}