diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d62e7a6bba0a..9ab7ede081d2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 46a21e465e506bcd4dba759a39e7ef79978a705d
+refs/heads/master: 7aa7d4336df34e32195557a1ad422627bd69ef0b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsfield.c b/trunk/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsfield.c
index c78078315be9..f988a5e7d2b4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsfield.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsfield.c
@@ -450,10 +450,6 @@ acpi_ds_init_field_objects(union acpi_parse_object *op,
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_PARAMETER);
 	}
 
-	if (!arg) {
-		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_AML_NO_OPERAND);
-	}
-
 	/* Creating new namespace node(s), should not already exist */
 
 	flags = ACPI_NS_NO_UPSEARCH | ACPI_NS_DONT_OPEN_SCOPE |
@@ -467,6 +463,7 @@ acpi_ds_init_field_objects(union acpi_parse_object *op,
 
 	/*
 	 * Walk the list of entries in the field_list
+	 * Note: field_list can be of zero length. In this case, Arg will be NULL.
 	 */
 	while (arg) {
 		/*