diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
index f9b3f7fef462..cd5016f84433 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ ACPI_PARSE_COMMON};
  * and bytelists.
  */
 struct acpi_parse_obj_named {
-	ACPI_PARSE_COMMON u8 *path;
+	ACPI_PARSE_COMMON char *path;
 	u8 *data;		/* AML body or bytelist data */
 	u32 length;		/* AML length */
 	u32 name;		/* 4-byte name or zero if no name */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
index cafb3ab567ab..1dd5a9880dab 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ acpi_ds_load1_begin_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 	/* Initialize the op */
 
 #if (defined (ACPI_NO_METHOD_EXECUTION) || defined (ACPI_CONSTANT_EVAL_ONLY))
-	op->named.path = ACPI_CAST_PTR(u8, path);
+	op->named.path = path;
 #endif
 
 	if (node) {