"Method auto-serialization parse [%4.4s] %p\n",
                          acpi_ut_get_node_name(node), node));
 
+       acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
+
        /* Create/Init a root op for the method parse tree */
 
        op = acpi_ps_alloc_op(AML_METHOD_OP, obj_desc->method.aml_start);
        if (!op) {
-               return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NO_MEMORY);
+               status = AE_NO_MEMORY;
+               goto unlock;
        }
 
        acpi_ps_set_name(op, node->name.integer);
            acpi_ds_create_walk_state(node->owner_id, NULL, NULL, NULL);
        if (!walk_state) {
                acpi_ps_free_op(op);
-               return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NO_MEMORY);
+               status = AE_NO_MEMORY;
+               goto unlock;
        }
 
        status = acpi_ds_init_aml_walk(walk_state, op, node,
        status = acpi_ps_parse_aml(walk_state);
 
        acpi_ps_delete_parse_tree(op);
+unlock:
+       acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
        return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }
 
 
 
                        /* Either the method parse or actual execution failed */
 
+                       acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
                        ACPI_ERROR_METHOD("Method parse/execution failed",
                                          walk_state->method_node, NULL,
                                          status);
+                       acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
 
                        /* Check for possible multi-thread reentrancy problem */