diff --git a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/global_data.h
index f95ddb0..f4ce72d 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 struct arch_global_data {
 	uint8_t		*ram_buf;	/* emulated RAM buffer */
 	void		*text_base;	/* pointer to base of text region */
-	ulong acpi_start;		/* Start address of ACPI tables */
 };
 
 #include <asm-generic/global_data.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h
index 3e40445..23693f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@
 	struct fsp_header *fsp_s_hdr;	/* Pointer to FSP-S header */
 #endif
 	void *itss_priv;		/* Private ITSS data pointer */
-	ulong acpi_start;		/* Start address of ACPI tables */
 	ulong coreboot_table;		/* Address of coreboot table */
 };
 
diff --git a/cmd/acpi.c b/cmd/acpi.c
index 9c3462b..1d30299 100644
--- a/cmd/acpi.c
+++ b/cmd/acpi.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	struct acpi_rsdt *rsdt;
 	int len, i, count;
 
-	rsdp = map_sysmem(gd->arch.acpi_start, 0);
+	rsdp = map_sysmem(gd_acpi_start(), 0);
 	if (!rsdp)
 		return NULL;
 	rsdt = map_sysmem(rsdp->rsdt_address, 0);
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@
 {
 	struct acpi_rsdp *rsdp;
 
-	rsdp = map_sysmem(gd->arch.acpi_start, 0);
+	rsdp = map_sysmem(gd_acpi_start(), 0);
 	if (!rsdp) {
 		printf("No ACPI tables present\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
-	printf("ACPI tables start at %lx\n", gd->arch.acpi_start);
+	printf("ACPI tables start at %lx\n", gd_acpi_start());
 	list_rsdp(rsdp);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/global_data.h b/include/asm-generic/global_data.h
index 104282b..c2f8fad 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/global_data.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/global_data.h
@@ -456,6 +456,10 @@
 	 * @acpi_ctx: ACPI context pointer
 	 */
 	struct acpi_ctx *acpi_ctx;
+	/**
+	 * @acpi_start: Start address of ACPI tables
+	 */
+	ulong acpi_start;
 #endif
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(GENERATE_SMBIOS_TABLE)
 	/**
@@ -512,8 +516,12 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERATE_ACPI_TABLE
 #define gd_acpi_ctx()		gd->acpi_ctx
+#define gd_acpi_start()		gd->acpi_start
+#define gd_set_acpi_start(addr)	gd->acpi_start = addr
 #else
 #define gd_acpi_ctx()		NULL
+#define gd_acpi_start()		0UL
+#define gd_set_acpi_start(addr)
 #endif
 
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MULTI_DTB_FIT)
diff --git a/lib/acpi/acpi_table.c b/lib/acpi/acpi_table.c
index d168540..3a72718 100644
--- a/lib/acpi/acpi_table.c
+++ b/lib/acpi/acpi_table.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 
 	/* Align ACPI tables to 16 byte */
 	acpi_align(ctx);
-	gd->arch.acpi_start = map_to_sysmem(ctx->current);
+	gd_set_acpi_start(map_to_sysmem(ctx->current));
 
 	/* We need at least an RSDP and an RSDT Table */
 	ctx->rsdp = ctx->current;
diff --git a/test/dm/acpi.c b/test/dm/acpi.c
index c51073c..804124d 100644
--- a/test/dm/acpi.c
+++ b/test/dm/acpi.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 	buf = memalign(64, BUF_SIZE);
 	ut_assertnonnull(buf);
 	acpi_setup_base_tables(&ctx, buf + 4);
-	ut_asserteq(map_to_sysmem(PTR_ALIGN(buf + 4, 16)), gd->arch.acpi_start);
+	ut_asserteq(map_to_sysmem(PTR_ALIGN(buf + 4, 16)), gd_acpi_start());
 
 	rsdp = buf + 16;
 	ut_asserteq_ptr(rsdp, ctx.rsdp);