diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index cfba30f273921b302d03883be593d77d6a3f1fe7..e4308fe6afe81e4d8be5a42a6cc682174761fe1f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -972,6 +972,11 @@ u64 efi_mem_attributes(unsigned long phys_addr)
 
 static int __init arch_parse_efi_cmdline(char *str)
 {
+	if (!str) {
+		pr_warn("need at least one option\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (parse_option_str(str, "old_map"))
 		set_bit(EFI_OLD_MEMMAP, &efi.flags);
 	if (parse_option_str(str, "debug"))
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index 9fa8084a7c8d7d9e5aff23bdd372af512e39047a..d6144e3b97c54235ca45a0ad71872957a36ffe48 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ bool efi_runtime_disabled(void)
 
 static int __init parse_efi_cmdline(char *str)
 {
+	if (!str) {
+		pr_warn("need at least one option\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (parse_option_str(str, "noruntime"))
 		disable_runtime = true;