diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
index 24da921d13e3b2112048b428f97a43298bb7c1c9..39d7421905840f1437c5408d2e4fe47e31f8b68d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exconfig.c
@@ -375,9 +375,15 @@ acpi_ex_load_op(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc,
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Add the table to the namespace.
+	 *
+	 * Note: We load the table objects relative to the root of the namespace.
+	 * This appears to go against the ACPI specification, but we do it for
+	 * compatibility with other ACPI implementations.
+	 */
 	status =
-	    acpi_ex_add_table(table_index, walk_state->scope_info->scope.node,
-			      &ddb_handle);
+	    acpi_ex_add_table(table_index, acpi_gbl_root_node, &ddb_handle);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 
 		/* On error, table_ptr was deallocated above */