diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 31f880ac048f..c2c2fc13e65a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 23d3e055beb12db2a3b91dfeee474c4d5ecc13b9
+refs/heads/master: 8d5c54b65b20bf81fa9841a27143e2f71f3a7756
diff --git a/trunk/include/acpi/acobject.h b/trunk/include/acpi/acobject.h
index e9657dac69b7..0ca39265bb0f 100644
--- a/trunk/include/acpi/acobject.h
+++ b/trunk/include/acpi/acobject.h
@@ -379,6 +379,13 @@ union acpi_operand_object {
 	struct acpi_object_extra extra;
 	struct acpi_object_data data;
 	struct acpi_object_cache_list cache;
+
+	/*
+	 * Add namespace node to union in order to simplify code that accepts both
+	 * ACPI_OPERAND_OBJECTs and ACPI_NAMESPACE_NODEs. The structures share
+	 * a common descriptor_type field in order to differentiate them.
+	 */
+	struct acpi_namespace_node node;
 };
 
 /******************************************************************************