diff --git a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsdump.c b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsdump.c
index d72df66..da88834 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsdump.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nsdump.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 
 		if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(this_node->name.integer)) {
 			this_node->name.integer =
-			    acpi_ut_repair_name(this_node->name.integer);
+			    acpi_ut_repair_name(this_node->name.ascii);
 
 			ACPI_WARNING((AE_INFO, "Invalid ACPI Name %08X",
 				      this_node->name.integer));
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nssearch.c b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nssearch.c
index 500e2bb..566f0a4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nssearch.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nssearch.c
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@
 	 * even though there are a few bad names.
 	 */
 	if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(target_name)) {
-		target_name = acpi_ut_repair_name(target_name);
+		target_name =
+		    acpi_ut_repair_name(ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, &target_name));
 
 		/* Report warning only if in strict mode or debug mode */
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utglobal.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utglobal.c
index a524e75..855bc8f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utglobal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utglobal.c
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
 	/* Name must be a valid ACPI name */
 
 	if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_name(node->name.integer)) {
-		node->name.integer = acpi_ut_repair_name(node->name.integer);
+		node->name.integer = acpi_ut_repair_name(node->name.ascii);
 	}
 
 	/* Return the name */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
index 4b03051..36d8815 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
@@ -582,26 +582,25 @@
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-acpi_name acpi_ut_repair_name(acpi_name name)
+acpi_name acpi_ut_repair_name(char *name)
 {
-	char *name_ptr = ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, &name);
-	char new_name[ACPI_NAME_SIZE];
 	acpi_native_uint i;
+	char new_name[ACPI_NAME_SIZE];
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ACPI_NAME_SIZE; i++) {
-		new_name[i] = name_ptr[i];
+		new_name[i] = name[i];
 
 		/*
 		 * Replace a bad character with something printable, yet technically
 		 * still invalid. This prevents any collisions with existing "good"
 		 * names in the namespace.
 		 */
-		if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_char(name_ptr[i], i)) {
+		if (!acpi_ut_valid_acpi_char(name[i], i)) {
 			new_name[i] = '*';
 		}
 	}
 
-	return (*ACPI_CAST_PTR(u32, new_name));
+	return (*(u32 *) new_name);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************