diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index b7c0e8cc0764fa015e78c881098d16b59d68807f..9077353d1c98d19e5253daf7cd7fcfaf7ad6e696 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -185,8 +185,27 @@ static const struct attribute_group efi_subsys_attr_group = {
 static struct efivars generic_efivars;
 static struct efivar_operations generic_ops;
 
+static bool generic_ops_supported(void)
+{
+	unsigned long name_size;
+	efi_status_t status;
+	efi_char16_t name;
+	efi_guid_t guid;
+
+	name_size = sizeof(name);
+
+	status = efi.get_next_variable(&name_size, &name, &guid);
+	if (status == EFI_UNSUPPORTED)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int generic_ops_register(void)
 {
+	if (!generic_ops_supported())
+		return 0;
+
 	generic_ops.get_variable = efi.get_variable;
 	generic_ops.get_next_variable = efi.get_next_variable;
 	generic_ops.query_variable_store = efi_query_variable_store;
@@ -200,6 +219,9 @@ static int generic_ops_register(void)
 
 static void generic_ops_unregister(void)
 {
+	if (!generic_ops.get_variable)
+		return;
+
 	efivars_unregister(&generic_efivars);
 }