diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utxface.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utxface.c
index bec0f543e1c74..0a3202d42b69a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utxface.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_initialize_subsystem(void)
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(acpi_initialize_subsystem);
 
+	acpi_gbl_startup_flags = ACPI_SUBSYSTEM_INITIALIZE;
 	ACPI_DEBUG_EXEC(acpi_ut_init_stack_ptr_trace());
 
 	/* Initialize the OS-Dependent layer */
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index fe9eb0ea32e44..6fa3f2a13db57 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@ typedef u64 acpi_integer;
 /*
  * Initialization state
  */
-#define ACPI_INITIALIZED_OK             0x01
+#define ACPI_SUBSYSTEM_INITIALIZE       0x01
+#define ACPI_INITIALIZED_OK             0x02
 
 /*
  * Power state values