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diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
index fd34040d4f44..9c41d2153d0f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
@@ -440,6 +440,27 @@ acpi_status acpi_ds_load1_end_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_DISPATCH, "Op=%p State=%p\n", op,
walk_state));
+ /*
+ * Disassembler: handle create field operators here.
+ *
+ * create_buffer_field is a deferred op that is typically processed in load
+ * pass 2. However, disassembly of control method contents walk the parse
+ * tree with ACPI_PARSE_LOAD_PASS1 and AML_CREATE operators are processed
+ * in a later walk. This is a problem when there is a control method that
+ * has the same name as the AML_CREATE object. In this case, any use of the
+ * name segment will be detected as a method call rather than a reference
+ * to a buffer field.
+ *
+ * This earlier creation during disassembly solves this issue by inserting
+ * the named object in the ACPI namespace so that references to this name
+ * would be a name string rather than a method call.
+ */
+ if ((walk_state->parse_flags & ACPI_PARSE_DISASSEMBLE) &&
+ (walk_state->op_info->flags & AML_CREATE)) {
+ status = acpi_ds_create_buffer_field(op, walk_state);
+ return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+ }
+
/* We are only interested in opcodes that have an associated name */
if (!(walk_state->op_info->flags & (AML_NAMED | AML_FIELD))) {