diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv.h
index e60c45fd3679bf900a8e1d53d2cb731c316d519f..6bc6d89d8e2ad8d36819ae2457a815c9083f2d4b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv.h
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ struct mm_struct;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_UV
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 
+extern unsigned long uv_systab_phys;
+
 extern enum uv_system_type get_uv_system_type(void);
 static inline bool is_early_uv_system(void)
 {
-	return !((efi.uv_systab == EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR) || !efi.uv_systab);
+	return uv_systab_phys && uv_systab_phys != EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR;
 }
 extern int is_uv_system(void);
 extern int is_uv_hubless(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 8d9be97a560738a3e5a1d97a58d79deb2c8f6c91..9866a358476518db6c0f36bc82b1e80bfc72c20e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static efi_system_table_t efi_systab __initdata;
 
 static efi_config_table_type_t arch_tables[] __initdata = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_UV
-	{UV_SYSTEM_TABLE_GUID, "UVsystab", &efi.uv_systab},
+	{UV_SYSTEM_TABLE_GUID, "UVsystab", &uv_systab_phys},
 #endif
 	{NULL_GUID, NULL, NULL},
 };
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ static const unsigned long * const efi_tables[] = {
 	&efi.boot_info,
 	&efi.hcdp,
 	&efi.uga,
-	&efi.uv_systab,
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_UV
+	&uv_systab_phys,
+#endif
 	&efi.fw_vendor,
 	&efi.runtime,
 	&efi.config_table,
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/bios_uv.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/bios_uv.c
index 7c69652ffeea2e6c3de91a8c6a349eea60b4bf55..c2ee31953372d4ed2b8a5fc9b19d9856eeaa9398 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/bios_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/bios_uv.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <asm/uv/bios.h>
 #include <asm/uv/uv_hub.h>
 
+unsigned long uv_systab_phys __ro_after_init = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR;
+
 struct uv_systab *uv_systab;
 
 static s64 __uv_bios_call(enum uv_bios_cmd which, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3,
@@ -185,13 +187,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uv_bios_set_legacy_vga_target);
 void uv_bios_init(void)
 {
 	uv_systab = NULL;
-	if ((efi.uv_systab == EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR) ||
-	    !efi.uv_systab || efi_runtime_disabled()) {
+	if ((uv_systab_phys == EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR) ||
+	    !uv_systab_phys || efi_runtime_disabled()) {
 		pr_crit("UV: UVsystab: missing\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
-	uv_systab = ioremap(efi.uv_systab, sizeof(struct uv_systab));
+	uv_systab = ioremap(uv_systab_phys, sizeof(struct uv_systab));
 	if (!uv_systab || strncmp(uv_systab->signature, UV_SYSTAB_SIG, 4)) {
 		pr_err("UV: UVsystab: bad signature!\n");
 		iounmap(uv_systab);
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ void uv_bios_init(void)
 		int size = uv_systab->size;
 
 		iounmap(uv_systab);
-		uv_systab = ioremap(efi.uv_systab, size);
+		uv_systab = ioremap(uv_systab_phys, size);
 		if (!uv_systab) {
 			pr_err("UV: UVsystab: ioremap(%d) failed!\n", size);
 			return;
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index cbdbdbc8f9ebe2957c2be1f6f0ad6d3171a40952..4dfd873373bd93007e7d1800d04951a3145e307f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ struct efi __read_mostly efi = {
 	.boot_info		= EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
 	.hcdp			= EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
 	.uga			= EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
-	.uv_systab		= EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
 	.fw_vendor		= EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
 	.runtime		= EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
 	.config_table		= EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 60a6242765d892ab6d340db8911e0645a8331aad..171bb1005a10b196ee89ab409254c7f92585b483 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -988,7 +988,6 @@ extern struct efi {
 	unsigned long boot_info;	/* boot info table */
 	unsigned long hcdp;		/* HCDP table */
 	unsigned long uga;		/* UGA table */
-	unsigned long uv_systab;	/* UV system table */
 	unsigned long fw_vendor;	/* fw_vendor */
 	unsigned long runtime;		/* runtime table */
 	unsigned long config_table;	/* config tables */