diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index 85b7d07fe5c8168973e10da68450b2bd13efc4eb..658b4c4f169fe616678de98a0c639dedf8226b5b 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