diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/psobject.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/psobject.c
index 5bcb61831706..ef6384e374fc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/psobject.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/psobject.c
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ static acpi_status acpi_ps_get_aml_opcode(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
 			     (u32)(aml_offset +
 				   sizeof(struct acpi_table_header)));
 
+			ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+				    "Aborting disassembly, AML byte code is corrupt"));
+
 			/* Dump the context surrounding the invalid opcode */
 
 			acpi_ut_dump_buffer(((u8 *)walk_state->parser_state.
@@ -130,6 +133,14 @@ static acpi_status acpi_ps_get_aml_opcode(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
 					     sizeof(struct acpi_table_header) -
 					     16));
 			acpi_os_printf(" */\n");
+
+			/*
+			 * Just abort the disassembly, cannot continue because the
+			 * parser is essentially lost. The disassembler can then
+			 * randomly fail because an ill-constructed parse tree
+			 * can result.
+			 */
+			return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_BAD_OPCODE);
 #endif
 		}
 
@@ -331,6 +342,9 @@ acpi_ps_create_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 	if (status == AE_CTRL_PARSE_CONTINUE) {
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_CTRL_PARSE_CONTINUE);
 	}
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+	}
 
 	/* Create Op structure and append to parent's argument list */