diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c
index 57d9d574d4dd..ece8c1a921cc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static ssize_t acpi_table_aml_write(struct config_item *cfg,
 	if (!table->header)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = acpi_load_table(table->header);
+	ret = acpi_load_table(table->header, &table->index);
 	if (ret) {
 		kfree(table->header);
 		table->header = NULL;
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static void acpi_table_drop_item(struct config_group *group,
 	struct acpi_table *table = container_of(cfg, struct acpi_table, cfg);
 
 	ACPI_INFO(("Host-directed Dynamic ACPI Table Unload"));
-	acpi_tb_unload_table(table->index);
+	acpi_unload_table(table->index);
 }
 
 static struct configfs_group_operations acpi_table_group_ops = {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbfileio.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbfileio.c
index c6e25734dc5c..e1b6e54a96ac 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbfileio.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbfileio.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_db_load_tables(struct acpi_new_table_desc *list_head)
 	while (table_list_head) {
 		table = table_list_head->table;
 
-		status = acpi_load_table(table);
+		status = acpi_load_table(table, NULL);
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 			if (status == AE_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
 				acpi_os_printf
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c
index ce86e7945e90..0782acf85722 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL_INIT(acpi_install_table)
  *
  * PARAMETERS:  table               - Pointer to a buffer containing the ACPI
  *                                    table to be loaded.
+ *              table_idx           - Pointer to a u32 for storing the table
+ *                                    index, might be NULL
  *
  * RETURN:      Status
  *
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ ACPI_EXPORT_SYMBOL_INIT(acpi_install_table)
  *              to ensure that the table is not deleted or unmapped.
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
-acpi_status acpi_load_table(struct acpi_table_header *table)
+acpi_status acpi_load_table(struct acpi_table_header *table, u32 *table_idx)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 	u32 table_index;
@@ -297,6 +299,10 @@ acpi_status acpi_load_table(struct acpi_table_header *table)
 	status = acpi_tb_install_and_load_table(ACPI_PTR_TO_PHYSADDR(table),
 						ACPI_TABLE_ORIGIN_EXTERNAL_VIRTUAL,
 						FALSE, &table_index);
+	if (table_idx) {
+		*table_idx = table_index;
+	}
+
 	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
 
 		/* Complete the initialization/resolution of new objects */
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index 69f00f7453a3..0d65cb21519d 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static __init int efivar_ssdt_load(void)
 			goto free_data;
 		}
 
-		ret = acpi_load_table(data);
+		ret = acpi_load_table(data, NULL);
 		if (ret) {
 			pr_err("failed to load table: %d\n", ret);
 			goto free_data;
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpixf.h b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
index 109b2f14b6c6..867170049b07 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpixf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status ACPI_INIT_FUNCTION
 					       u8 physical))
 
 ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status
-			    acpi_load_table(struct acpi_table_header *table))
+			    acpi_load_table(struct acpi_table_header *table,
+					    u32 *table_idx))
 
 ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status
 			    acpi_unload_table(u32 table_index))