diff --git a/hw/acpi/acpi-stub.c b/hw/acpi/acpi-stub.c
index 790bf509e5..fd0b62fad9 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/acpi-stub.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/acpi-stub.c
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
 
+char unsigned *acpi_tables;
+size_t acpi_tables_len;
+
 void acpi_table_add(const QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
     g_assert_not_reached();
diff --git a/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c b/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
index d08aefa029..a7f1b60b98 100644
--- a/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
+++ b/hw/i386/fw_cfg.c
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ FWCfgState *fw_cfg_arch_create(MachineState *ms,
      */
     fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_MAX_CPUS, apic_id_limit);
     fw_cfg_add_i64(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_RAM_SIZE, ms->ram_size);
-#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-    fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_ACPI_TABLES,
-                     acpi_tables, acpi_tables_len);
-#endif
+    if (acpi_builtin()) {
+        fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_ACPI_TABLES,
+                         acpi_tables, acpi_tables_len);
+    }
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_IRQ0_OVERRIDE, 1);
 
     fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_HPET, &hpet_fw_cfg, sizeof(hpet_fw_cfg));