diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
index 6f4fe47..6481c48 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ acpi_status (*acpi_internal_method) (struct acpi_walk_state * walk_state);
  * expected_return_btypes - Allowed type(s) for the return value
  */
 struct acpi_name_info {
-	char name[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE];
+	char name[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE] __nonstring;
 	u16 argument_list;
 	u8 expected_btypes;
 };
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ typedef acpi_status (*acpi_object_converter) (struct acpi_namespace_node *
 					      converted_object);
 
 struct acpi_simple_repair_info {
-	char name[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE];
+	char name[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE] __nonstring;
 	u32 unexpected_btypes;
 	u32 package_index;
 	acpi_object_converter object_converter;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
index 1bb7b71..330b5e4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ acpi_status (*acpi_repair_function) (struct acpi_evaluate_info * info,
 				     return_object_ptr);
 
 typedef struct acpi_repair_info {
-	char name[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE];
+	char name[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE] __nonstring;
 	acpi_repair_function repair_function;
 
 } acpi_repair_info;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
index 2295abb..b5205d4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static u8 __init acpi_table_checksum(u8 *buffer, u32 length)
 }
 
 /* All but ACPI_SIG_RSDP and ACPI_SIG_FACS: */
-static const char table_sigs[][ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE] __initconst = {
+static const char table_sigs[][ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE] __initconst __nonstring = {
 	ACPI_SIG_BERT, ACPI_SIG_BGRT, ACPI_SIG_CPEP, ACPI_SIG_ECDT,
 	ACPI_SIG_EINJ, ACPI_SIG_ERST, ACPI_SIG_HEST, ACPI_SIG_MADT,
 	ACPI_SIG_MSCT, ACPI_SIG_SBST, ACPI_SIG_SLIT, ACPI_SIG_SRAT,
diff --git a/include/acpi/actbl.h b/include/acpi/actbl.h
index 451f627..2fc8970 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actbl.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actbl.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 struct acpi_table_header {
-	char signature[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE];	/* ASCII table signature */
+	char signature[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE] __nonstring;	/* ASCII table signature */
 	u32 length;		/* Length of table in bytes, including this header */
 	u8 revision;		/* ACPI Specification minor version number */
 	u8 checksum;		/* To make sum of entire table == 0 */