diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index f9e84a0e2fa2..4137a7342d68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -1553,10 +1553,18 @@ void __init acpi_boot_table_init(void)
 	/*
 	 * Initialize the ACPI boot-time table parser.
 	 */
-	if (acpi_table_init()) {
+	if (acpi_locate_initial_tables())
 		disable_acpi();
-		return;
-	}
+	else
+		acpi_reserve_initial_tables();
+}
+
+int __init early_acpi_boot_init(void)
+{
+	if (acpi_disabled)
+		return 1;
+
+	acpi_table_init_complete();
 
 	acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_BOOT, acpi_parse_sbf);
 
@@ -1569,18 +1577,9 @@ void __init acpi_boot_table_init(void)
 		} else {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "Disabling ACPI support\n");
 			disable_acpi();
-			return;
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
-}
-
-int __init early_acpi_boot_init(void)
-{
-	/*
-	 * If acpi_disabled, bail out
-	 */
-	if (acpi_disabled)
-		return 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Process the Multiple APIC Description Table (MADT), if present
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 77ea96b794bd..6f2323f053e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1117,6 +1117,9 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	cleanup_highmap();
 
+	/* Look for ACPI tables and reserve memory occupied by them. */
+	acpi_boot_table_init();
+
 	memblock_set_current_limit(ISA_END_ADDRESS);
 	e820__memblock_setup();
 
@@ -1203,11 +1206,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	early_platform_quirks();
 
-	/*
-	 * Parse the ACPI tables for possible boot-time SMP configuration.
-	 */
-	acpi_boot_table_init();
-
 	early_acpi_boot_init();
 
 	initmem_init();
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
index 180ac4329763..b2cafa37df7c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_os_table_override(struct acpi_table_header *existing_table,
 }
 
 /*
- * acpi_table_init()
+ * acpi_locate_initial_tables()
  *
  * find RSDP, find and checksum SDT/XSDT.
  * checksum all tables, print SDT/XSDT
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_os_table_override(struct acpi_table_header *existing_table,
  * result: sdt_entry[] is initialized
  */
 
-int __init acpi_table_init(void)
+int __init acpi_locate_initial_tables(void)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 
@@ -814,9 +814,45 @@ int __init acpi_table_init(void)
 	status = acpi_initialize_tables(initial_tables, ACPI_MAX_TABLES, 0);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	acpi_table_initrd_scan();
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void __init acpi_reserve_initial_tables(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ACPI_MAX_TABLES; i++) {
+		struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc = &initial_tables[i];
+		u64 start = table_desc->address;
+		u64 size = table_desc->length;
+
+		if (!start || !size)
+			break;
+
+		pr_info("Reserving %4s table memory at [mem 0x%llx-0x%llx]\n",
+			table_desc->signature.ascii, start, start + size - 1);
+
+		memblock_reserve(start, size);
+	}
+}
+
+void __init acpi_table_init_complete(void)
+{
+	acpi_table_initrd_scan();
 	check_multiple_madt();
+}
+
+int __init acpi_table_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = acpi_locate_initial_tables();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	acpi_table_init_complete();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index dd6170357ec7..c708fd831565 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -222,10 +222,14 @@ void __iomem *__acpi_map_table(unsigned long phys, unsigned long size);
 void __acpi_unmap_table(void __iomem *map, unsigned long size);
 int early_acpi_boot_init(void);
 int acpi_boot_init (void);
+void acpi_boot_table_prepare (void);
 void acpi_boot_table_init (void);
 int acpi_mps_check (void);
 int acpi_numa_init (void);
 
+int acpi_locate_initial_tables (void);
+void acpi_reserve_initial_tables (void);
+void acpi_table_init_complete (void);
 int acpi_table_init (void);
 int acpi_table_parse(char *id, acpi_tbl_table_handler handler);
 int __init acpi_table_parse_entries(char *id, unsigned long table_size,
@@ -759,9 +763,12 @@ static inline int acpi_boot_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void acpi_boot_table_prepare(void)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void acpi_boot_table_init(void)
 {
-	return;
 }
 
 static inline int acpi_mps_check(void)