diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evmisc.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evmisc.c
index db59fe3f63919220faa6818641a14082c1c91793..1b111ef74903771f8f9a8f690aef85b752f65c61 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evmisc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evmisc.c
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ void acpi_ev_terminate(void)
 			ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
 				    "Could not remove Global Lock handler"));
 		}
+
+		acpi_gbl_events_initialized = FALSE;
 	}
 
 	/* Deallocate all handler objects installed within GPE info structs */