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diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exconfig.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exconfig.c
index f85c6f3271f6..2373a7492151 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exconfig.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exconfig.c
@@ -490,6 +490,17 @@ acpi_status acpi_ex_unload_table(union acpi_operand_object *ddb_handle)
ACPI_WARNING((AE_INFO, "Received request to unload an ACPI table"));
/*
+ * May 2018: Unload is no longer supported for the following reasons:
+ * 1) A correct implementation on some hosts may not be possible.
+ * 2) Other ACPI implementations do not correctly/fully support it.
+ * 3) It requires host device driver support which does not exist.
+ * (To properly support namespace unload out from underneath.)
+ * 4) This AML operator has never been seen in the field.
+ */
+ ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, AE_NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
+ "AML Unload operator is not supported"));
+
+ /*
* Validate the handle
* Although the handle is partially validated in acpi_ex_reconfiguration()
* when it calls acpi_ex_resolve_operands(), the handle is more completely