diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acapps.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acapps.h
index e9f0833..e4cc48f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acapps.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acapps.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 	acpi_os_printf (" %-18s%s\n", name, description);
 
 #define FILE_SUFFIX_DISASSEMBLY     "dsl"
-#define ACPI_TABLE_FILE_SUFFIX      ".dat"
+#define FILE_SUFFIX_BINARY_TABLE    ".dat"	/* Needs the dot */
 
 /*
  * getopt
diff --git a/tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidump/apfiles.c b/tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidump/apfiles.c
index a37f970..a1c62de 100644
--- a/tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidump/apfiles.c
+++ b/tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidump/apfiles.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 		strcat(filename, instance_str);
 	}
 
-	strcat(filename, ACPI_TABLE_FILE_SUFFIX);
+	strcat(filename, FILE_SUFFIX_BINARY_TABLE);
 
 	if (gbl_verbose_mode) {
 		acpi_log_error