diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbprint.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbprint.c
index 499759a23b41..9a47715af1f3 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbprint.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbprint.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ acpi_tb_print_table_header(acpi_physical_address address,
 		ACPI_INFO((AE_INFO, "%4.4s %p %05X",
 			   header->signature, ACPI_CAST_PTR(void, address),
 			   header->length));
-	} else if (ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(header->signature, ACPI_SIG_RSDP)) {
+	} else if (ACPI_VALIDATE_RSDP_SIG(header->signature)) {
 
 		/* RSDP has no common fields */
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
index 948c95e80d44..1c95fabbe6a4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_tb_validate_rsdp(struct acpi_table_rsdp *rsdp)
 	 * Note: Sometimes there exists more than one RSDP in memory; the valid
 	 * RSDP has a valid checksum, all others have an invalid checksum.
 	 */
-	if (ACPI_STRNCMP((char *)rsdp->signature, ACPI_SIG_RSDP,
-			 sizeof(ACPI_SIG_RSDP) - 1) != 0) {
+	if (!ACPI_VALIDATE_RSDP_SIG(rsdp->signature)) {
 
 		/* Nope, BAD Signature */
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 850f75027fb6..54006720af8e 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -474,6 +474,11 @@ typedef u64 acpi_integer;
 #define ACPI_MOVE_NAME(dest,src)        (ACPI_STRNCPY (ACPI_CAST_PTR (char, (dest)), ACPI_CAST_PTR (char, (src)), ACPI_NAME_SIZE))
 #endif
 
+/* Support for the special RSDP signature (8 characters) */
+
+#define ACPI_VALIDATE_RSDP_SIG(a)       (!ACPI_STRNCMP (ACPI_CAST_PTR (char, (a)), ACPI_SIG_RSDP, 8))
+#define ACPI_MAKE_RSDP_SIG(dest)        (ACPI_MEMCPY (ACPI_CAST_PTR (char, (dest)), ACPI_SIG_RSDP, 8))
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
  * Miscellaneous constants