Merge branch 'linus' into x86/quirks

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
index e827be36ee8d..f844941089bb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
@@ -259,34 +259,26 @@ acpi_evaluate_integer(acpi_handle handle,
 		      struct acpi_object_list *arguments, unsigned long long *data)
 {
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
-	union acpi_object *element;
+	union acpi_object element;
 	struct acpi_buffer buffer = { 0, NULL };
 
-
 	if (!data)
 		return AE_BAD_PARAMETER;
 
-	element = kzalloc(sizeof(union acpi_object), irqs_disabled() ? GFP_ATOMIC: GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!element)
-		return AE_NO_MEMORY;
-
 	buffer.length = sizeof(union acpi_object);
-	buffer.pointer = element;
+	buffer.pointer = &element;
 	status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, pathname, arguments, &buffer);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		acpi_util_eval_error(handle, pathname, status);
-		kfree(element);
 		return status;
 	}
 
-	if (element->type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
+	if (element.type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
 		acpi_util_eval_error(handle, pathname, AE_BAD_DATA);
-		kfree(element);
 		return AE_BAD_DATA;
 	}
 
-	*data = element->integer.value;
-	kfree(element);
+	*data = element.integer.value;
 
 	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Return value [%llu]\n", *data));