diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
index 0bb6325508b3..91269a6efded 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acutils.h
@@ -114,13 +114,25 @@ extern const char *acpi_gbl_pt_decode[];
 /*
  * Common error message prefixes
  */
+#ifndef ACPI_MSG_ERROR
 #define ACPI_MSG_ERROR          "ACPI Error: "
+#endif
+#ifndef ACPI_MSG_EXCEPTION
 #define ACPI_MSG_EXCEPTION      "ACPI Exception: "
+#endif
+#ifndef ACPI_MSG_WARNING
 #define ACPI_MSG_WARNING        "ACPI Warning: "
+#endif
+#ifndef ACPI_MSG_INFO
 #define ACPI_MSG_INFO           "ACPI: "
+#endif
 
+#ifndef ACPI_MSG_BIOS_ERROR
 #define ACPI_MSG_BIOS_ERROR     "ACPI BIOS Error (bug): "
+#endif
+#ifndef ACPI_MSG_BIOS_WARNING
 #define ACPI_MSG_BIOS_WARNING   "ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): "
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Common message suffix
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
index 93b61b1f2beb..296a276e793f 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@
 #define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_get_next_filename
 #define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_close_directory
 
+#define ACPI_MSG_ERROR          KERN_ERR "ACPI Error: "
+#define ACPI_MSG_EXCEPTION      KERN_ERR "ACPI Exception: "
+#define ACPI_MSG_WARNING        KERN_WARNING "ACPI Warning: "
+#define ACPI_MSG_INFO           KERN_INFO "ACPI: "
+
+#define ACPI_MSG_BIOS_ERROR     KERN_ERR "ACPI BIOS Error (bug): "
+#define ACPI_MSG_BIOS_WARNING   KERN_WARNING "ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): "
+
 #else				/* !__KERNEL__ */
 
 #include <stdarg.h>