diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c
index 297f6aacd7d406c4ca107d96878d98d72fde23b3..b5e2b0ada0abb4a7072df63b8a58ccb8cb675287 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsload.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include "acnamesp.h"
 #include "acdispat.h"
 #include "actables.h"
-#include "acinterp.h"
 
 #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_NAMESPACE
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("nsload")
@@ -79,8 +78,6 @@ acpi_ns_load_table(u32 table_index, struct acpi_namespace_node *node)
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ns_load_table);
 
-	acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
-
 	/*
 	 * Parse the table and load the namespace with all named
 	 * objects found within. Control methods are NOT parsed
@@ -92,7 +89,7 @@ acpi_ns_load_table(u32 table_index, struct acpi_namespace_node *node)
 	 */
 	status = acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		goto unlock_interp;
+		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 	}
 
 	/* If table already loaded into namespace, just return */
@@ -133,8 +130,6 @@ acpi_ns_load_table(u32 table_index, struct acpi_namespace_node *node)
 
 unlock:
 	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
-unlock_interp:
-	(void)acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
 
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsparse.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsparse.c
index f631a47724f05332644a54e290d9667b4b326010..1783cd7e14467b8f43e9f087884b3b847e6b5492 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsparse.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsparse.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "acparser.h"
 #include "acdispat.h"
 #include "actables.h"
+#include "acinterp.h"
 
 #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_NAMESPACE
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("nsparse")
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ acpi_ns_parse_table(u32 table_index, struct acpi_namespace_node *start_node)
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ns_parse_table);
 
+	acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
+
 	/*
 	 * AML Parse, pass 1
 	 *
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ acpi_ns_parse_table(u32 table_index, struct acpi_namespace_node *start_node)
 	status = acpi_ns_one_complete_parse(ACPI_IMODE_LOAD_PASS1,
 					    table_index, start_node);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+		goto error_exit;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -201,8 +204,10 @@ acpi_ns_parse_table(u32 table_index, struct acpi_namespace_node *start_node)
 	status = acpi_ns_one_complete_parse(ACPI_IMODE_LOAD_PASS2,
 					    table_index, start_node);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+		goto error_exit;
 	}
 
+error_exit:
+	acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }