diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbfadt.c b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbfadt.c
index a4a41ba..2c7885e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbfadt.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbfadt.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 /* Local prototypes */
 static void inline
 acpi_tb_init_generic_address(struct acpi_generic_address *generic_address,
-			     u8 bit_width, u64 address);
+			     u8 byte_width, u64 address);
 
 static void acpi_tb_convert_fadt(void);
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_init_generic_address
  *
  * PARAMETERS:  generic_address     - GAS struct to be initialized
- *              bit_width           - Width of this register
+ *              byte_width          - Width of this register
  *              Address             - Address of the register
  *
  * RETURN:      None
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
 static void inline
 acpi_tb_init_generic_address(struct acpi_generic_address *generic_address,
-			     u8 bit_width, u64 address)
+			     u8 byte_width, u64 address)
 {
 
 	/*
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 	/* All other fields are byte-wide */
 
 	generic_address->space_id = ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_IO;
-	generic_address->bit_width = bit_width;
+	generic_address->bit_width = byte_width << 3;
 	generic_address->bit_offset = 0;
 	generic_address->access_width = 0;
 }
@@ -342,9 +342,20 @@
 	 * useful to calculate them once, here.
 	 *
 	 * The PM event blocks are split into two register blocks, first is the
-	 * PM Status Register block, followed immediately by the PM Enable Register
-	 * block. Each is of length (pm1_event_length/2)
+	 * PM Status Register block, followed immediately by the PM Enable
+	 * Register block. Each is of length (xpm1x_event_block.bit_width/2).
+	 *
+	 * On various systems the v2 fields (and particularly the bit widths)
+	 * cannot be relied upon, though. Hence resort to using the v1 length
+	 * here (and warn about the inconsistency).
 	 */
+	if (acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm1a_event_block.bit_width
+	    != acpi_gbl_FADT.pm1_event_length * 8)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "FADT: "
+		       "X_PM1a_EVT_BLK.bit_width (%u) does not match"
+		       " PM1_EVT_LEN (%u)\n",
+		       acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm1a_event_block.bit_width,
+		       acpi_gbl_FADT.pm1_event_length);
 	pm1_register_length = (u8) ACPI_DIV_2(acpi_gbl_FADT.pm1_event_length);
 
 	/* The PM1A register block is required */
@@ -360,13 +371,20 @@
 	/* The PM1B register block is optional, ignore if not present */
 
 	if (acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm1b_event_block.address) {
+		if (acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm1b_event_block.bit_width
+		    != acpi_gbl_FADT.pm1_event_length * 8)
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "FADT: "
+			       "X_PM1b_EVT_BLK.bit_width (%u) does not match"
+			       " PM1_EVT_LEN (%u)\n",
+			       acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm1b_event_block.bit_width,
+			       acpi_gbl_FADT.pm1_event_length);
 		acpi_tb_init_generic_address(&acpi_gbl_xpm1b_enable,
 					     pm1_register_length,
 					     (acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm1b_event_block.
 					      address + pm1_register_length));
 		/* Don't forget to copy space_id of the GAS */
 		acpi_gbl_xpm1b_enable.space_id =
-		    acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm1a_event_block.space_id;
+		    acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm1b_event_block.space_id;
 
 	}
 }