diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index 85b7d07fe5c81..658b4c4f169fe 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -985,7 +985,8 @@ void __init acpi_early_init(void)
 		goto error0;
 	}
 
-	if (acpi_gbl_group_module_level_code) {
+	if (!acpi_gbl_parse_table_as_term_list &&
+	    acpi_gbl_group_module_level_code) {
 		status = acpi_load_tables();
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
@@ -1074,7 +1075,8 @@ static int __init acpi_bus_init(void)
 	status = acpi_ec_ecdt_probe();
 	/* Ignore result. Not having an ECDT is not fatal. */
 
-	if (!acpi_gbl_group_module_level_code) {
+	if (acpi_gbl_parse_table_as_term_list ||
+	    !acpi_gbl_group_module_level_code) {
 		status = acpi_load_tables();
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index 940218ff01938..bd7c52dd883ac 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ bool acpi_device_is_present(struct acpi_device *adev);
 bool acpi_device_is_battery(struct acpi_device *adev);
 bool acpi_device_is_first_physical_node(struct acpi_device *adev,
 					const struct device *dev);
-struct device *acpi_get_first_physical_node(struct acpi_device *adev);
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Device Matching and Notification
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index c5eaf2f80a4c4..e7465528b8dcf 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ static inline const char *acpi_dev_name(struct acpi_device *adev)
 	return dev_name(&adev->dev);
 }
 
+struct device *acpi_get_first_physical_node(struct acpi_device *adev);
+
 enum acpi_irq_model_id {
 	ACPI_IRQ_MODEL_PIC = 0,
 	ACPI_IRQ_MODEL_IOAPIC,
@@ -634,6 +636,11 @@ static inline const char *acpi_dev_name(struct acpi_device *adev)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline struct device *acpi_get_first_physical_node(struct acpi_device *adev)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline void acpi_early_init(void) { }
 static inline void acpi_subsystem_init(void) { }