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diff --git a/source/compiler/aslwalks.c b/source/compiler/aslwalks.c
index aa4f6eab3d9f..a4e5a8cdd767 100644
--- a/source/compiler/aslwalks.c
+++ b/source/compiler/aslwalks.c
@@ -859,10 +859,21 @@ AnAnalyzeStoreOperator (
case PARSEOP_DEREFOF:
case PARSEOP_REFOF:
case PARSEOP_INDEX:
- case PARSEOP_METHODCALL:
return;
+ case PARSEOP_METHODCALL:
+ /*
+ * A target is not allowed to be a method call.
+ * It is not supported by the ACPICA interpreter, nor is it
+ * supported by the MS ASL compiler or the MS interpreter.
+ * Although legal syntax up until ACPI 6.1, support for this
+ * will be removed for ACPI 6.2 (02/2016)
+ */
+ AslError (ASL_ERROR, ASL_MSG_SYNTAX,
+ TargetOperandOp, "Illegal method invocation as a target operand");
+ return;
+
default:
break;
}