diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
index cdfe8c628959..393a0c0288d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ void __init efi_free_boot_services(void)
 		free_bootmem_late(start, size);
 	}
 
+	if (!num_entries)
+		return;
+
 	new_size = efi.memmap.desc_size * num_entries;
 	new_phys = efi_memmap_alloc(num_entries);
 	if (!new_phys) {