diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 928bf837040a273f673e6bcb9b7f017284985a7b..e2cd38ffc4064e694cf8231805ce24c1067f3265 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ int efi_enabled(int facility)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(efi_enabled);
 
+static bool disable_runtime = false;
 static int __init setup_noefi(char *arg)
 {
-	clear_bit(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES, &x86_efi_facility);
+	disable_runtime = true;
 	return 0;
 }
 early_param("noefi", setup_noefi);
@@ -734,7 +735,7 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
 	if (!efi_is_native())
 		pr_info("No EFI runtime due to 32/64-bit mismatch with kernel\n");
 	else {
-		if (efi_runtime_init())
+		if (disable_runtime || efi_runtime_init())
 			return;
 		set_bit(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES, &x86_efi_facility);
 	}