diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c
index e818009..28a13f0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c
@@ -558,12 +558,18 @@ acpi_ut_update_object_reference(union acpi_operand_object *object, u16 action)
 					/*
 					 * For complex sub-objects, push them onto the stack
 					 * for later processing (this eliminates recursion.)
+					 * If no state can be allocated, update the sub-object
+					 * right away. Abandoning the walk here would leave
+					 * this object and the remaining sub-objects with
+					 * unbalanced reference counts.
 					 */
 					status =
 					    acpi_ut_create_update_state_and_push
 					    (next_object, action, &state_list);
 					if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-						goto error_exit;
+						(void)
+						    acpi_ut_update_object_reference
+						    (next_object, action);
 					}
 					break;
 				}
@@ -587,7 +593,10 @@ acpi_ut_update_object_reference(union acpi_operand_object *object, u16 action)
 								 action,
 								 &state_list);
 			if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-				goto error_exit;
+				(void)acpi_ut_update_object_reference(object->
+								      bank_field.
+								      region_obj,
+								      action);
 			}
 			break;
 
@@ -601,7 +610,10 @@ acpi_ut_update_object_reference(union acpi_operand_object *object, u16 action)
 								 action,
 								 &state_list);
 			if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-				goto error_exit;
+				(void)acpi_ut_update_object_reference(object->
+								      index_field.
+								      data_obj,
+								      action);
 			}
 			break;
 
@@ -645,20 +657,6 @@ acpi_ut_update_object_reference(union acpi_operand_object *object, u16 action)
 	}
 
 	return (AE_OK);
-
-error_exit:
-
-	ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status,
-			"Could not update object reference count"));
-
-	/* Free any stacked Update State objects */
-
-	while (state_list) {
-		state = acpi_ut_pop_generic_state(&state_list);
-		acpi_ut_delete_generic_state(state);
-	}
-
-	return (status);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************