diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c
index 98c7f9c..3323c54 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c
@@ -347,7 +347,9 @@ acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj,
 		 * potentially execute control methods (for example, the _REG method
 		 * for this region)
 		 */
-		acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
+		if (!(region_obj->region.node->flags & ANOBJ_TEMPORARY)) {
+			acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
+		}
 
 		status = region_setup(region_obj, ACPI_REGION_ACTIVATE,
 				      handler_desc->address_space.context,
@@ -355,7 +357,9 @@ acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj,
 
 		/* Re-enter the interpreter */
 
-		acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
+		if (!(region_obj->region.node->flags & ANOBJ_TEMPORARY)) {
+			acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
+		}
 
 		/* Check for failure of the Region Setup */
 
@@ -408,7 +412,9 @@ acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj,
 		 * exit the interpreter because the handler *might* block -- we don't
 		 * know what it will do, so we can't hold the lock on the intepreter.
 		 */
-		acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
+		if (!(region_obj->region.node->flags & ANOBJ_TEMPORARY)) {
+			acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Call the handler */
@@ -430,7 +436,9 @@ acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj,
 		 * We just returned from a non-default handler, we must re-enter the
 		 * interpreter
 		 */
-		acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
+		if (!(region_obj->region.node->flags & ANOBJ_TEMPORARY)) {
+			acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
+		}
 	}
 
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);