diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_dbg.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_dbg.c
index dee86925a9a1..1cc38ca54817 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_dbg.c
@@ -757,6 +757,9 @@ int __init acpi_aml_init(void)
 		goto err_exit;
 	}
 
+	if (acpi_disabled)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* Initialize AML IO interface */
 	mutex_init(&acpi_aml_io.lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&acpi_aml_io.wait);