diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utglobal.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utglobal.c
index a6e71b801d2d5708642a90b76549175957aa2662..248eefc369f8cbd49a954c03893ef6a5ae9dc0a9 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utglobal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utglobal.c
@@ -677,14 +677,14 @@ u8 acpi_ut_valid_object_type(acpi_object_type type)
  *
  * PARAMETERS:  None
  *
- * RETURN:      None
+ * RETURN:      Status
  *
  * DESCRIPTION: Init library globals.  All globals that require specific
  *              initialization should be initialized here!
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-void acpi_ut_init_globals(void)
+acpi_status acpi_ut_init_globals(void)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 	u32 i;
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ void acpi_ut_init_globals(void)
 
 	status = acpi_ut_create_caches();
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		return;
+		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 	}
 
 	/* Mutex locked flags */
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ void acpi_ut_init_globals(void)
 	acpi_gbl_display_final_mem_stats = FALSE;
 #endif
 
-	return_VOID;
+	return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
 }
 
 ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_dbg_level)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utxface.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utxface.c
index f8bdadf3c32fffba99a72c5e4d905d9634331fdc..c198a4d40583e7f14fc0e1a545d496c118c98b96 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utxface.c
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_initialize_subsystem(void)
 
 	/* Initialize all globals used by the subsystem */
 
-	acpi_ut_init_globals();
+	status = acpi_ut_init_globals();
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status,
+				"During initialization of globals"));
+		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+	}
 
 	/* Create the default mutex objects */
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/acutils.h b/include/acpi/acutils.h
index 69f8888771fffa6cdf532117ac31bc14eb5997ff..10ce81406f9caf0fd2bde30f74a41d7de19529bd 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acutils.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acutils.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct acpi_pkg_info {
 /*
  * utglobal - Global data structures and procedures
  */
-void acpi_ut_init_globals(void);
+acpi_status acpi_ut_init_globals(void);
 
 #if defined(ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT) || defined(ACPI_DEBUGGER)