diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
index 552aa3a50c84882ce9c9aa152d1b231bf7f6cd20..557510084c7aca459fb24ace485dd89c98aa26bc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload.c
@@ -230,6 +230,20 @@ acpi_ds_load1_begin_op(struct acpi_walk_state * walk_state,
 			walk_state->scope_info->common.value = ACPI_TYPE_ANY;
 			break;
 
+		case ACPI_TYPE_METHOD:
+
+			/*
+			 * Allow scope change to root during execution of module-level
+			 * code. Root is typed METHOD during this time.
+			 */
+			if ((node == acpi_gbl_root_node) &&
+			    (walk_state->
+			     parse_flags & ACPI_PARSE_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
+				break;
+			}
+
+			/*lint -fallthrough */
+
 		default:
 
 			/* All other types are an error */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c
index ae71477247631074fcc627b1345e307e77b334a9..89c0114210c0f32e0a3f7edf3e3d1961aa4e4a5f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c
@@ -230,6 +230,20 @@ acpi_ds_load2_begin_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state,
 			walk_state->scope_info->common.value = ACPI_TYPE_ANY;
 			break;
 
+		case ACPI_TYPE_METHOD:
+
+			/*
+			 * Allow scope change to root during execution of module-level
+			 * code. Root is typed METHOD during this time.
+			 */
+			if ((node == acpi_gbl_root_node) &&
+			    (walk_state->
+			     parse_flags & ACPI_PARSE_MODULE_LEVEL)) {
+				break;
+			}
+
+			/*lint -fallthrough */
+
 		default:
 
 			/* All other types are an error */