diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exutils.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exutils.c
index 982c8b6..72adcf4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exutils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exutils.c
@@ -76,25 +76,59 @@
  *
  * PARAMETERS:  None
  *
- * RETURN:      Status
+ * RETURN:      None
  *
- * DESCRIPTION: Enter the interpreter execution region.  Failure to enter
- *              the interpreter region is a fatal system error
+ * DESCRIPTION: Enter the interpreter execution region. Failure to enter
+ *              the interpreter region is a fatal system error. Used in
+ *              conjunction with exit_interpreter.
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-acpi_status acpi_ex_enter_interpreter(void)
+void acpi_ex_enter_interpreter(void)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 
-	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ex_enter_interpreter);
+	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ex_reacquire_interpreter);
 
 	status = acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_INTERPRETER);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Could not acquire interpreter mutex"));
+		ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+			    "Could not acquire AML Interpreter mutex"));
 	}
 
-	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+	return_VOID;
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_ex_reacquire_interpreter
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  None
+ *
+ * RETURN:      None
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Reacquire the interpreter execution region from within the
+ *              interpreter code. Failure to enter the interpreter region is a
+ *              fatal system error. Used in  conjuction with
+ *              relinquish_interpreter
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+void acpi_ex_reacquire_interpreter(void)
+{
+
+	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ex_reacquire_interpreter);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the global serialized flag is set, do not release the interpreter,
+	 * since it was not actually released by acpi_ex_relinquish_interpreter.
+	 * This forces the interpreter to be single threaded.
+	 */
+	if (!acpi_gbl_all_methods_serialized) {
+		acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
+	}
+
+	return_VOID;
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -105,17 +139,9 @@
  *
  * RETURN:      None
  *
- * DESCRIPTION: Exit the interpreter execution region
- *
- * Cases where the interpreter is unlocked:
- *      1) Completion of the execution of a control method
- *      2) Method blocked on a Sleep() AML opcode
- *      3) Method blocked on an Acquire() AML opcode
- *      4) Method blocked on a Wait() AML opcode
- *      5) Method blocked to acquire the global lock
- *      6) Method blocked to execute a serialized control method that is
- *          already executing
- *      7) About to invoke a user-installed opregion handler
+ * DESCRIPTION: Exit the interpreter execution region. This is the top level
+ *              routine used to exit the interpreter when all processing has
+ *              been completed.
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
@@ -127,7 +153,47 @@
 
 	status = acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_INTERPRETER);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO, "Could not release interpreter mutex"));
+		ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+			    "Could not release AML Interpreter mutex"));
+	}
+
+	return_VOID;
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_ex_relinquish_interpreter
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  None
+ *
+ * RETURN:      None
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Exit the interpreter execution region, from within the
+ *              interpreter - before attempting an operation that will possibly
+ *              block the running thread.
+ *
+ * Cases where the interpreter is unlocked internally
+ *      1) Method to be blocked on a Sleep() AML opcode
+ *      2) Method to be blocked on an Acquire() AML opcode
+ *      3) Method to be blocked on a Wait() AML opcode
+ *      4) Method to be blocked to acquire the global lock
+ *      5) Method to be blocked waiting to execute a serialized control method
+ *          that is currently executing
+ *      6) About to invoke a user-installed opregion handler
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+void acpi_ex_relinquish_interpreter(void)
+{
+
+	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ex_relinquish_interpreter);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the global serialized flag is set, do not release the interpreter.
+	 * This forces the interpreter to be single threaded.
+	 */
+	if (!acpi_gbl_all_methods_serialized) {
+		acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
 	}
 
 	return_VOID;
@@ -141,8 +207,8 @@
  *
  * RETURN:      none
  *
- * DESCRIPTION: Truncate a number to 32-bits if the currently executing method
- *              belongs to a 32-bit ACPI table.
+ * DESCRIPTION: Truncate an ACPI Integer to 32 bits if the execution mode is
+ *              32-bit, as determined by the revision of the DSDT.
  *
  ******************************************************************************/