diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utinit.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utinit.c
index ad3c0d0..de44477 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utinit.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utinit.c
@@ -125,9 +125,12 @@
 	acpi_gbl_startup_flags = 0;
 	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Shutting down ACPI Subsystem\n"));
 
+#ifndef ACPI_ASL_COMPILER
+
 	/* Close the acpi_event Handling */
 
 	acpi_ev_terminate();
+#endif
 
 	/* Close the Namespace */