diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
index 89efba7..64dd64b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 {
 	acpi_native_uint i;
 	acpi_native_uint j;
+	acpi_native_uint k;
 	acpi_status status;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("ut_allocate_owner_id");
@@ -85,32 +86,50 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * Find a free owner ID, cycle through all possible IDs on repeated
-	 * allocations. Note: Index for next possible ID is equal to the value
-	 * of the last allocated ID.
+	 * allocations. (ACPI_NUM_OWNERID_MASKS + 1) because first index may have
+	 * to be scanned twice.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0, j = acpi_gbl_last_owner_id; i < 32; i++, j++) {
-		if (j >= 32) {
-			j = 0;	/* Wraparound to ID start */
+	for (i = 0, j = acpi_gbl_last_owner_id_index;
+	     i < (ACPI_NUM_OWNERID_MASKS + 1); i++, j++) {
+		if (j >= ACPI_NUM_OWNERID_MASKS) {
+			j = 0;	/* Wraparound to start of mask array */
 		}
 
-		if (!(acpi_gbl_owner_id_mask & (1 << j))) {
-			/*
-			 * Found a free ID. The actual ID is the bit index plus one,
-			 * making zero an invalid Owner ID. Save this as the last ID
-			 * allocated and update the global ID mask.
-			 */
-			acpi_gbl_last_owner_id = (acpi_owner_id) (j + 1);
-			*owner_id = acpi_gbl_last_owner_id;
+		for (k = acpi_gbl_next_owner_id_offset; k < 32; k++) {
+			if (acpi_gbl_owner_id_mask[j] == ACPI_UINT32_MAX) {
+				/* There are no free IDs in this mask */
 
-			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_VALUES,
-					  "Current owner_id mask: %8.8X New ID: %2.2X\n",
-					  acpi_gbl_owner_id_mask,
-					  (unsigned int)
-					  acpi_gbl_last_owner_id));
+				break;
+			}
 
-			acpi_gbl_owner_id_mask |= (1 << j);
-			goto exit;
+			if (!(acpi_gbl_owner_id_mask[j] & (1 << k))) {
+				/*
+				 * Found a free ID. The actual ID is the bit index plus one,
+				 * making zero an invalid Owner ID. Save this as the last ID
+				 * allocated and update the global ID mask.
+				 */
+				acpi_gbl_owner_id_mask[j] |= (1 << k);
+
+				acpi_gbl_last_owner_id_index = (u8) j;
+				acpi_gbl_next_owner_id_offset = (u8) (k + 1);
+
+				/*
+				 * Construct encoded ID from the index and bit position
+				 *
+				 * Note: Last [j].k (bit 255) is never used and is marked
+				 * permanently allocated (prevents +1 overflow)
+				 */
+				*owner_id =
+				    (acpi_owner_id) ((k + 1) + ACPI_MUL_32(j));
+
+				ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_VALUES,
+						  "Allocated owner_id: %2.2X\n",
+						  (unsigned int)*owner_id));
+				goto exit;
+			}
 		}
+
+		acpi_gbl_next_owner_id_offset = 0;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -124,7 +143,7 @@
 	 * methods, or there may be a bug where the IDs are not released.
 	 */
 	status = AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT;
-	ACPI_REPORT_ERROR(("Could not allocate new owner_id (32 max), AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT\n"));
+	ACPI_REPORT_ERROR(("Could not allocate new owner_id (255 max), AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT\n"));
 
       exit:
 	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_CACHES);
@@ -141,7 +160,7 @@
  *              control method or unloading a table. Either way, we would
  *              ignore any error anyway.
  *
- * DESCRIPTION: Release a table or method owner ID.  Valid IDs are 1 - 32
+ * DESCRIPTION: Release a table or method owner ID.  Valid IDs are 1 - 255
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
@@ -149,6 +168,8 @@
 {
 	acpi_owner_id owner_id = *owner_id_ptr;
 	acpi_status status;
+	acpi_native_uint index;
+	u32 bit;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_U32("ut_release_owner_id", owner_id);
 
@@ -158,7 +179,7 @@
 
 	/* Zero is not a valid owner_iD */
 
-	if ((owner_id == 0) || (owner_id > 32)) {
+	if ((owner_id == 0) || (owner_id > 255)) {
 		ACPI_REPORT_ERROR(("Invalid owner_id: %2.2X\n", owner_id));
 		return_VOID;
 	}
@@ -174,10 +195,18 @@
 
 	owner_id--;
 
+	/* Decode ID to index/offset pair */
+
+	index = ACPI_DIV_32(owner_id);
+	bit = 1 << ACPI_MOD_32(owner_id);
+
 	/* Free the owner ID only if it is valid */
 
-	if (acpi_gbl_owner_id_mask & (1 << owner_id)) {
-		acpi_gbl_owner_id_mask ^= (1 << owner_id);
+	if (acpi_gbl_owner_id_mask[index] & bit) {
+		acpi_gbl_owner_id_mask[index] ^= bit;
+	} else {
+		ACPI_REPORT_ERROR(("Release of non-allocated owner_id: %2.2X\n",
+				   owner_id + 1));
 	}
 
 	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_CACHES);