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diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 63909d9c2f7a..0bb23e6bce43 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -919,9 +919,13 @@ struct acpi_buffer {
void *pointer; /* pointer to buffer */
};
-/* Free a buffer created in an struct acpi_buffer via ACPI_ALLOCATE_LOCAL_BUFFER */
-
-#define ACPI_FREE_BUFFER(b) ACPI_FREE(b.pointer)
+/*
+ * Free a buffer created in an struct acpi_buffer via ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER.
+ * Note: We use acpi_os_free here because acpi_os_allocate was used to allocate
+ * the buffer. This purposefully bypasses the internal allocation tracking
+ * mechanism (if it is enabled).
+ */
+#define ACPI_FREE_BUFFER(b) acpi_os_free((b).pointer)
/*
* name_type for acpi_get_name