diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index eed09fc664e84233948535dd42f824974ef3b41f..077f9bad6f44a57bd01e930f9dd740001eadcd76 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -1266,9 +1266,14 @@ static int __init ghes_init(void)
 	if (acpi_disabled)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (hest_disable) {
+	switch (hest_disable) {
+	case HEST_NOT_FOUND:
+		return -ENODEV;
+	case HEST_DISABLED:
 		pr_info(GHES_PFX "HEST is not enabled!\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
+	default:
+		break;
 	}
 
 	if (ghes_disable) {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c
index 456b488eb1df5bf016606cc2ba412b6335613eea..9cb74115a43d76bbfa845feb57ef779bf320f0ad 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 #define HEST_PFX "HEST: "
 
-bool hest_disable;
+int hest_disable;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hest_disable);
 
 /* HEST table parsing */
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int __init hest_ghes_dev_register(unsigned int ghes_count)
 
 static int __init setup_hest_disable(char *str)
 {
-	hest_disable = 1;
+	hest_disable = HEST_DISABLED;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -232,9 +232,10 @@ void __init acpi_hest_init(void)
 
 	status = acpi_get_table(ACPI_SIG_HEST, 0,
 				(struct acpi_table_header **)&hest_tab);
-	if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND)
-		goto err;
-	else if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+	if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND) {
+		hest_disable = HEST_NOT_FOUND;
+		return;
+	} else if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		const char *msg = acpi_format_exception(status);
 		pr_err(HEST_PFX "Failed to get table, %s\n", msg);
 		rc = -EINVAL;
@@ -257,5 +258,5 @@ void __init acpi_hest_init(void)
 	pr_info(HEST_PFX "Table parsing has been initialized.\n");
 	return;
 err:
-	hest_disable = 1;
+	hest_disable = HEST_DISABLED;
 }
diff --git a/include/acpi/apei.h b/include/acpi/apei.h
index 76284bb560a6cd36e7a09253aa67e7363a74be6b..c46694abea28846509f222a613e3e20d8eb799c2 100644
--- a/include/acpi/apei.h
+++ b/include/acpi/apei.h
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
-extern bool hest_disable;
+enum hest_status {
+	HEST_ENABLED,
+	HEST_DISABLED,
+	HEST_NOT_FOUND,
+};
+
+extern int hest_disable;
 extern int erst_disable;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_GHES
 extern bool ghes_disable;