diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index d7658b4a5010a56b68bc711c163000c00db76fb9..6793965b7c8b109cf6443829a6e5625116cd854f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ void unregister_efivars(struct efivars *efivars)
 		sysfs_remove_bin_file(&efivars->kset->kobj, efivars->del_var);
 	kfree(efivars->new_var);
 	kfree(efivars->del_var);
+	kobject_put(efivars->kobject);
 	kset_unregister(efivars->kset);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_efivars);
@@ -1558,6 +1559,14 @@ int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	efivars->kobject = kobject_create_and_add("efivars", parent_kobj);
+	if (!efivars->kobject) {
+		pr_err("efivars: Subsystem registration failed.\n");
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		kset_unregister(efivars->kset);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Per EFI spec, the maximum storage allocated for both
 	 * the variable name and variable data is 1024 bytes.
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index b2af1571592be81452e1785add6f696b43ef00bf..337aefbfb0032fdf995ce3e227565785552ce0bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ struct efivars {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct kset *kset;
+	struct kobject *kobject;
 	struct bin_attribute *new_var, *del_var;
 	const struct efivar_operations *ops;
 	struct efivar_entry *walk_entry;