diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acopcode.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acopcode.h
index a5d9af758c52..cbd59a302679 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acopcode.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acopcode.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 #define ARGP_DWORD_OP                   ARGP_LIST1 (ARGP_DWORDDATA)
 #define ARGP_ELSE_OP                    ARGP_LIST2 (ARGP_PKGLENGTH,  ARGP_TERMLIST)
 #define ARGP_EVENT_OP                   ARGP_LIST1 (ARGP_NAME)
-#define ARGP_EXTERNAL_OP                ARGP_LIST3 (ARGP_NAMESTRING, ARGP_BYTEDATA,      ARGP_BYTEDATA)
+#define ARGP_EXTERNAL_OP                ARGP_LIST3 (ARGP_NAME,       ARGP_BYTEDATA,      ARGP_BYTEDATA)
 #define ARGP_FATAL_OP                   ARGP_LIST3 (ARGP_BYTEDATA,   ARGP_DWORDDATA,     ARGP_TERMARG)
 #define ARGP_FIELD_OP                   ARGP_LIST4 (ARGP_PKGLENGTH,  ARGP_NAMESTRING,    ARGP_BYTEDATA,  ARGP_FIELDLIST)
 #define ARGP_FIND_SET_LEFT_BIT_OP       ARGP_LIST2 (ARGP_TERMARG,    ARGP_TARGET)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/psopcode.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/psopcode.c
index c343a0d5a3d2..a402ad772a1e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/psopcode.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/psopcode.c
@@ -650,9 +650,11 @@ const struct acpi_opcode_info acpi_gbl_aml_op_info[AML_NUM_OPCODES] = {
 
 /* ACPI 6.0 opcodes */
 
-	/* 81 */ ACPI_OP("External", ARGP_EXTERNAL_OP, ARGI_EXTERNAL_OP,
-			 ACPI_TYPE_ANY, AML_CLASS_EXECUTE, /* ? */
-			 AML_TYPE_EXEC_3A_0T_0R, AML_FLAGS_EXEC_3A_0T_0R),
+/* 81 */ ACPI_OP("External", ARGP_EXTERNAL_OP, ARGI_EXTERNAL_OP,
+			 ACPI_TYPE_ANY, AML_CLASS_NAMED_OBJECT,
+			 AML_TYPE_NAMED_SIMPLE,
+			 AML_HAS_ARGS | AML_NSOBJECT | AML_NSOPCODE |
+			 AML_NSNODE | AML_NAMED),
 /* 82 */ ACPI_OP("Comment", ARGP_COMMENT_OP, ARGI_COMMENT_OP,
 			 ACPI_TYPE_STRING, AML_CLASS_ARGUMENT,
 			 AML_TYPE_LITERAL, AML_CONSTANT)