diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
index 42a13c0d7015..9e6788f9ba0f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbinstal.c
@@ -80,16 +80,10 @@ acpi_status acpi_tb_verify_table(struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* FACS is the odd table, has no standard ACPI header and no checksum */
+	/* Always calculate checksum, ignore bad checksum if requested */
 
-	if (!ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(&table_desc->signature, ACPI_SIG_FACS)) {
-
-		/* Always calculate checksum, ignore bad checksum if requested */
-
-		status =
-		    acpi_tb_verify_checksum(table_desc->pointer,
-					    table_desc->length);
-	}
+	status =
+	    acpi_tb_verify_checksum(table_desc->pointer, table_desc->length);
 
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbprint.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbprint.c
index dc963f823d2c..499759a23b41 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbprint.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbprint.c
@@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ acpi_status acpi_tb_verify_checksum(struct acpi_table_header *table, u32 length)
 {
 	u8 checksum;
 
+	/*
+	 * FACS/S3PT:
+	 * They are the odd tables, have no standard ACPI header and no checksum
+	 */
+
+	if (ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(table->signature, ACPI_SIG_S3PT) ||
+	    ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(table->signature, ACPI_SIG_FACS)) {
+		return (AE_OK);
+	}
+
 	/* Compute the checksum on the table */
 
 	checksum = acpi_tb_checksum(ACPI_CAST_PTR(u8, table), length);