--- linux-2.4.orig/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsmthdat.c	2004-01-27 21:22:26.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/dsmthdat.c	2004-01-27 22:41:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -601,7 +601,6 @@
 	new_obj_desc = obj_desc;
 	if (obj_desc->common.reference_count > 1) {
 		status = acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject (obj_desc, &new_obj_desc, walk_state);
-		new_obj_desc;
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE (status)) {
 			return_ACPI_STATUS (status);
 		}