diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
index 4afd29eb5b34..ab3a40283db7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
@@ -21,16 +21,18 @@
 #include "eboot.h"
 
 static efi_system_table_t *sys_table;
-static bool efi_is64 = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64);
+extern const bool efi_is64;
 
 __pure efi_system_table_t *efi_system_table(void)
 {
 	return sys_table;
 }
 
-__pure bool efi_is_64bit(void)
+__attribute_const__ bool efi_is_64bit(void)
 {
-	return efi_is64;
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED))
+		return efi_is64;
+	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X64_64);
 }
 
 static efi_status_t
@@ -710,8 +712,7 @@ static efi_status_t exit_boot(struct boot_params *boot_params, void *handle)
  */
 struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle,
 			     efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg,
-			     struct boot_params *boot_params,
-			     bool is64)
+			     struct boot_params *boot_params)
 {
 	struct desc_ptr *gdt = NULL;
 	struct setup_header *hdr = &boot_params->hdr;
@@ -721,9 +722,6 @@ struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle,
 
 	sys_table = sys_table_arg;
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED))
-		efi_is64 = is64;
-
 	/* Check if we were booted by the EFI firmware */
 	if (sys_table->hdr.signature != EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE_SIGNATURE)
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index 44a6bb6964b5..1f1f6c8139b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -211,10 +211,9 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
 	movl	efi32_boot_args(%ebp), %edi
 	cmp	$0, %edi
 	jz	1f
-	leal	handover_entry(%ebp), %eax
+	leal	efi64_stub_entry(%ebp), %eax
 	movl	%esi, %edx
 	movl	efi32_boot_args+4(%ebp), %esi
-	movl	$0x0, %ecx
 1:
 #endif
 	pushl	%eax
@@ -242,6 +241,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(efi32_stub_entry)
 	movl	%ecx, efi32_boot_args(%ebp)
 	movl	%edx, efi32_boot_args+4(%ebp)
 	sgdtl	efi32_boot_gdt(%ebp)
+	movb	$0, efi_is64(%ebp)
 
 	/* Disable paging */
 	movl	%cr0, %eax
@@ -452,8 +452,6 @@ SYM_CODE_END(startup_64)
 	.org 0x390
 SYM_FUNC_START(efi64_stub_entry)
 SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(efi_stub_entry)
-	movq	$1, %rcx
-SYM_INNER_LABEL(handover_entry, SYM_L_LOCAL)
 	and	$~0xf, %rsp			/* realign the stack */
 	call	efi_main
 	movq	%rax,%rsi
@@ -632,6 +630,7 @@ SYM_DATA_END_LABEL(gdt, SYM_L_LOCAL, gdt_end)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_MIXED
 SYM_DATA_LOCAL(efi32_boot_args, .long 0, 0)
+SYM_DATA(efi_is64, .byte 1)
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
index 383f7a0fc170..0a58468a7203 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_set_virtual_address_map(unsigned long memory_map_size,
 
 /* arch specific definitions used by the stub code */
 
-__pure bool efi_is_64bit(void);
+__attribute_const__ bool efi_is_64bit(void);
 
 static inline bool efi_is_native(void)
 {