diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dscontrol.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dscontrol.c
index 4b5b6e859f62..b58ffc7acdb9 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dscontrol.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dscontrol.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ acpi_ds_exec_begin_control_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 			}
 		}
 
-		/*lint -fallthrough */
+		ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 	case AML_IF_OP:
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswexec.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswexec.c
index 1d4f8c81028c..4a9799246fae 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswexec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswexec.c
@@ -598,8 +598,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ds_exec_end_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
 					break;
 				}
 
-				/* Fall through */
-				/*lint -fallthrough */
+				ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 			case AML_INT_EVAL_SUBTREE_OP:
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
index 27069325b6de..dd97c86f8e41 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ acpi_ds_load1_begin_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 				break;
 			}
 
-			/*lint -fallthrough */
+			ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 		default:
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c
index edadbe146506..d9a3dfca7555 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ acpi_ds_load2_begin_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 				break;
 			}
 
-			/*lint -fallthrough */
+			ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 		default:
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfldio.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfldio.c
index ade35ff1c7ba..cde24e0fa6a8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfldio.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exfldio.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ acpi_ex_field_datum_io(union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc,
 		 * region_field case and write the datum to the Operation Region
 		 */
 
-		/*lint -fallthrough */
+		ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REGION_FIELD:
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exresop.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exresop.c
index 4d1b22971d58..4a0f8b8bfe62 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exresop.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exresop.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_operands(u16 opcode,
 
 					target_op = AML_DEBUG_OP;
 
-					/*lint -fallthrough */
+					ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 				case ACPI_REFCLASS_ARG:
 				case ACPI_REFCLASS_LOCAL:
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_operands(u16 opcode,
 			 * Else not a string - fall through to the normal Reference
 			 * case below
 			 */
-			/*lint -fallthrough */
+			ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 		case ARGI_REFERENCE:	/* References: */
 		case ARGI_INTEGER_REF:
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstore.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstore.c
index 3adc0a29d890..8fe33051275d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstore.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exstore.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ acpi_ex_store(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
 			return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
 		}
 
-		/*lint -fallthrough */
+		ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 	default:
 
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ acpi_ex_store_object_to_node(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
 				break;
 			}
 
-			/* Fallthrough */
+			ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 		case ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE:
 		case ACPI_TYPE_EVENT:
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwgpe.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwgpe.c
index b13a4ed5bc63..0c84300e915c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwgpe.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwgpe.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ acpi_hw_low_set_gpe(struct acpi_gpe_event_info *gpe_event_info, u32 action)
 			return (AE_BAD_PARAMETER);
 		}
 
-		/*lint -fallthrough */
+		ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 	case ACPI_GPE_ENABLE:
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c
index 4c0d4e434196..624a26794d55 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static void acpi_ut_delete_internal_obj(union acpi_operand_object *object)
 						       gpe_block);
 		}
 
-		/*lint -fallthrough */
+		ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
 
 	case ACPI_TYPE_PROCESSOR:
 	case ACPI_TYPE_THERMAL:
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 647cb11d0a0a..9082628ee3ed 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -1286,4 +1286,9 @@ typedef enum {
 
 #define ACPI_OPT_END                    -1
 
+/* Definitions for explicit fallthrough */
+
+#ifndef ACPI_FALLTHROUGH
+#endif
+
 #endif				/* __ACTYPES_H__ */
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/acgcc.h b/include/acpi/platform/acgcc.h
index 7d63d03cf507..91f7a02c798a 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/acgcc.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/acgcc.h
@@ -54,4 +54,19 @@ typedef __builtin_va_list va_list;
 
 #define ACPI_USE_NATIVE_MATH64
 
+/* GCC did not support __has_attribute until 5.1. */
+
+#ifndef __has_attribute
+#define __has_attribute(x) 0
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Explictly mark intentional explicit fallthrough to silence
+ * -Wimplicit-fallthrough in GCC 7.1+.
+ */
+
+#if __has_attribute(__fallthrough__)
+#define ACPI_FALLTHROUGH __attribute__((__fallthrough__))
+#endif
+
 #endif				/* __ACGCC_H__ */
