diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index 1ec8e6e62834468a0b7ebf978d0c37da9caec254..e304439c7cb8afa5402a01ed3939d8eebb2b3cea 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ static __init int efivar_ssdt_load(void)
 	void *data;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!efivar_ssdt[0])
+		return 0;
+
 	ret = efivar_init(efivar_ssdt_iter, &entries, true, &entries);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, aux, &entries, list) {