diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/uterror.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/uterror.c
index 5a64ddaed8a3..e47430272692 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/uterror.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/uterror.c
@@ -182,19 +182,19 @@ acpi_ut_prefixed_namespace_error(const char *module_name,
 	switch (lookup_status) {
 	case AE_ALREADY_EXISTS:
 
-		acpi_os_printf("\n" ACPI_MSG_BIOS_ERROR);
+		acpi_os_printf(ACPI_MSG_BIOS_ERROR);
 		message = "Failure creating";
 		break;
 
 	case AE_NOT_FOUND:
 
-		acpi_os_printf("\n" ACPI_MSG_BIOS_ERROR);
+		acpi_os_printf(ACPI_MSG_BIOS_ERROR);
 		message = "Could not resolve";
 		break;
 
 	default:
 
-		acpi_os_printf("\n" ACPI_MSG_ERROR);
+		acpi_os_printf(ACPI_MSG_ERROR);
 		message = "Failure resolving";
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pptt.c b/drivers/acpi/pptt.c
index e5ea1974d1e3..d1e26cb599bf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/pptt.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/pptt.c
@@ -481,8 +481,14 @@ static int topology_get_acpi_cpu_tag(struct acpi_table_header *table,
 	if (cpu_node) {
 		cpu_node = acpi_find_processor_package_id(table, cpu_node,
 							  level, flag);
-		/* Only the first level has a guaranteed id */
-		if (level == 0)
+		/*
+		 * As per specification if the processor structure represents
+		 * an actual processor, then ACPI processor ID must be valid.
+		 * For processor containers ACPI_PPTT_ACPI_PROCESSOR_ID_VALID
+		 * should be set if the UID is valid
+		 */
+		if (level == 0 ||
+		    cpu_node->flags & ACPI_PPTT_ACPI_PROCESSOR_ID_VALID)
 			return cpu_node->acpi_processor_id;
 		return ACPI_PTR_DIFF(cpu_node, table);
 	}