diff --git a/bsps/include/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h b/bsps/include/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
index c8beb6f1b8..7dba0ee65f 100644
--- a/bsps/include/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
+++ b/bsps/include/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
@@ -480,6 +480,9 @@ ACPI_STATUS (*ACPI_INTERNAL_METHOD) (
  */
 typedef struct acpi_name_info
 {
+#ifdef __rtems__
+    __attribute__ ((nonstring))
+#endif /* rtems */
     char                        Name[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE];
     UINT16                      ArgumentList;
     UINT8                       ExpectedBtypes;
@@ -568,6 +571,9 @@ typedef ACPI_STATUS (*ACPI_OBJECT_CONVERTER) (
 
 typedef struct acpi_simple_repair_info
 {
+#ifdef __rtems__
+    __attribute__ ((nonstring))
+#endif /* rtems */
     char                        Name[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE];
     UINT32                      UnexpectedBtypes;
     UINT32                      PackageIndex;
diff --git a/bsps/shared/acpi/acpica/namespace/nsrepair2.c b/bsps/shared/acpi/acpica/namespace/nsrepair2.c
index 32263828fc..cb39659812 100644
--- a/bsps/shared/acpi/acpica/namespace/nsrepair2.c
+++ b/bsps/shared/acpi/acpica/namespace/nsrepair2.c
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ ACPI_STATUS (*ACPI_REPAIR_FUNCTION) (
 
 typedef struct acpi_repair_info
 {
+#ifdef __rtems__
+    __attribute__ ((nonstring))
+#endif /* rtems */
     char                    Name[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE];
     ACPI_REPAIR_FUNCTION    RepairFunction;