diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
index af40baa5d53f933c0764f5bdb833ebdc38923dc3..fa09886f72e6a38f66bac74ec6e82ba17f36c9f4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ int efi_create_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *md);
 #define __efi_call_early(f, ...)	f(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define efi_is_64bit()			(true)
 
+#define alloc_screen_info(x...)		&screen_info
+#define free_screen_info(x...)
+
 #define EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN		SZ_64K
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
index 33a6da160a501cee06657a31e1ab2d050f42c7b4..78f52488f9ff82461f2933689b44e7b0fcf74b80 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ static __init pteval_t create_mapping_protection(efi_memory_desc_t *md)
 	return pgprot_val(PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
 }
 
+/* we will fill this structure from the stub, so don't put it in .bss */
+struct screen_info screen_info __section(.data);
+
 int __init efi_create_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *md)
 {
 	pteval_t prot_val = create_mapping_protection(md);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h
index 5e360ce88f10ba4110697552a47ea8c42053a02f..1428849aece8f98a52b4661c68c14ea555fe0000 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ __efistub___memset		= KALLSYMS_HIDE(__pi_memset);
 __efistub__text			= KALLSYMS_HIDE(_text);
 __efistub__end			= KALLSYMS_HIDE(_end);
 __efistub__edata		= KALLSYMS_HIDE(_edata);
+__efistub_screen_info		= KALLSYMS_HIDE(screen_info);
 
 #endif