diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxface.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxface.c
index 26ad596c973e9309d8fb961c26100eae2d650d1b..5ecb8d2e683479e3f0fe249f724818ee319991c5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxface.c
@@ -173,10 +173,13 @@ acpi_status ACPI_INIT_FUNCTION acpi_reallocate_root_table(void)
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(acpi_reallocate_root_table);
 
 	/*
-	 * Only reallocate the root table if the host provided a static buffer
-	 * for the table array in the call to acpi_initialize_tables.
+	 * If there are tables unverified, it is required to reallocate the
+	 * root table list to clean up invalid table entries. Otherwise only
+	 * reallocate the root table list if the host provided a static buffer
+	 * for the table array in the call to acpi_initialize_tables().
 	 */
-	if (acpi_gbl_root_table_list.flags & ACPI_ROOT_ORIGIN_ALLOCATED) {
+	if ((acpi_gbl_root_table_list.flags & ACPI_ROOT_ORIGIN_ALLOCATED) &&
+	    acpi_gbl_enable_table_validation) {
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_SUPPORT);
 	}