diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
index 37ff34e7b85e4441e4aeb2e6109899ed82aa7e4f..f53652a3a1060906aeefc6936f4f70fdc1adf88e 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
@@ -187,10 +187,14 @@ int efi_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
  */
 efi_status_t efi_parse_options(char const *cmdline)
 {
-	size_t len = strlen(cmdline) + 1;
+	size_t len;
 	efi_status_t status;
 	char *str, *buf;
 
+	if (!cmdline)
+		return EFI_SUCCESS;
+
+	len = strlen(cmdline) + 1;
 	status = efi_bs_call(allocate_pool, EFI_LOADER_DATA, len, (void **)&buf);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		return status;