diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst
index 4e264c16ddff..df4b711053ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst
+++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ native::
       }
   }
 
+Note, that historically ACPI has no means of the GPIO polarity and thus
+the SPISerialBus() resource defines it on the per-chip basis. In order
+to avoid a chain of negations, the GPIO polarity is considered being
+Active High. Even for the cases when _DSD() is involved (see the example
+above) the GPIO CS polarity must be defined Active High to avoid ambiguity.
+
 Other supported properties
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
index 443fdf62dd22..d39a9b474727 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 				   sizeof(struct acpi_table_header)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		uncopied_bytes = max_size = table.length;
+		/* make sure the buf is not allocated */
+		kfree(buf);
 		buf = kzalloc(max_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!buf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 	    (*ppos + count < count) ||
 	    (count > uncopied_bytes)) {
 		kfree(buf);
+		buf = NULL;
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -76,7 +79,6 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 		add_taint(TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
 	}
 
-	kfree(buf);
 	return count;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index f973bbe90e5e..b852cff80287 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ int acpi_device_sleep_wake(struct acpi_device *dev,
 int acpi_power_get_inferred_state(struct acpi_device *device, int *state);
 int acpi_power_on_resources(struct acpi_device *device, int state);
 int acpi_power_transition(struct acpi_device *device, int state);
-void acpi_turn_off_unused_power_resources(void);
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               Device Power Management
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/power.c b/drivers/acpi/power.c
index 56102eaaa2da..32974b575e46 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/power.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/power.c
@@ -995,7 +995,6 @@ void acpi_resume_power_resources(void)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&power_resource_list_lock);
 }
-#endif
 
 void acpi_turn_off_unused_power_resources(void)
 {
@@ -1016,3 +1015,4 @@ void acpi_turn_off_unused_power_resources(void)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&power_resource_list_lock);
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index bc973fbd70b2..a22778e880c2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -2359,8 +2359,6 @@ int __init acpi_scan_init(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	acpi_turn_off_unused_power_resources();
-
 	acpi_scan_initialized = true;
 
  out:
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep.h b/drivers/acpi/sleep.h
index 7fe41ee489d6..1856f76ac83f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ extern struct list_head acpi_wakeup_device_list;
 extern struct mutex acpi_device_lock;
 
 extern void acpi_resume_power_resources(void);
+extern void acpi_turn_off_unused_power_resources(void);
 
 static inline acpi_status acpi_set_waking_vector(u32 wakeup_address)
 {