diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
index e29e5dc0b750..cb08035b89a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 #define ARCH_EFI_IRQ_FLAGS_MASK	X86_EFLAGS_IF
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-
-extern asmlinkage unsigned long efi_call_phys(void *, ...);
-
 #define arch_efi_call_virt_setup()					\
 ({									\
 	kernel_fpu_begin();						\
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_32.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_32.c
index 185950ade0e9..71dddd1620f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_32.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ void __init efi_map_region(efi_memory_desc_t *md)
 void __init efi_map_region_fixed(efi_memory_desc_t *md) {}
 void __init parse_efi_setup(u64 phys_addr, u32 data_len) {}
 
-extern struct efi efi_phys;
+efi_status_t efi_call_svam(efi_set_virtual_address_map_t *__efiapi *,
+			   u32, u32, u32, void *);
 
 efi_status_t __init efi_set_virtual_address_map(unsigned long memory_map_size,
 						unsigned long descriptor_size,
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ efi_status_t __init efi_set_virtual_address_map(unsigned long memory_map_size,
 
 	/* Disable interrupts around EFI calls: */
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	status = efi_call_phys(efi_phys.set_virtual_address_map,
+	status = efi_call_svam(&efi.systab->runtime->set_virtual_address_map,
 			       memory_map_size, descriptor_size,
 			       descriptor_version, virtual_map);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_stub_32.S b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_stub_32.S
index eed8b5b441f8..75c46e7a809f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_stub_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_stub_32.S
@@ -7,118 +7,43 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <asm/page_types.h>
 
-/*
- * efi_call_phys(void *, ...) is a function with variable parameters.
- * All the callers of this function assure that all the parameters are 4-bytes.
- */
-
-/*
- * In gcc calling convention, EBX, ESP, EBP, ESI and EDI are all callee save.
- * So we'd better save all of them at the beginning of this function and restore
- * at the end no matter how many we use, because we can not assure EFI runtime
- * service functions will comply with gcc calling convention, too.
- */
-
-.text
-SYM_FUNC_START(efi_call_phys)
-	/*
-	 * 0. The function can only be called in Linux kernel. So CS has been
-	 * set to 0x0010, DS and SS have been set to 0x0018. In EFI, I found
-	 * the values of these registers are the same. And, the corresponding
-	 * GDT entries are identical. So I will do nothing about segment reg
-	 * and GDT, but change GDT base register in prolog and epilog.
-	 */
+	__INIT
+SYM_FUNC_START(efi_call_svam)
+	push	8(%esp)
+	push	8(%esp)
+	push	%ecx
+	push	%edx
 
 	/*
-	 * 1. Now I am running with EIP = <physical address> + PAGE_OFFSET.
-	 * But to make it smoothly switch from virtual mode to flat mode.
-	 * The mapping of lower virtual memory has been created in prolog and
-	 * epilog.
+	 * Switch to the flat mapped alias of this routine, by jumping to the
+	 * address of label '1' after subtracting PAGE_OFFSET from it.
 	 */
 	movl	$1f, %edx
 	subl	$__PAGE_OFFSET, %edx
 	jmp	*%edx
 1:
 
-	/*
-	 * 2. Now on the top of stack is the return
-	 * address in the caller of efi_call_phys(), then parameter 1,
-	 * parameter 2, ..., param n. To make things easy, we save the return
-	 * address of efi_call_phys in a global variable.
-	 */
-	popl	%edx
-	movl	%edx, saved_return_addr
-	/* get the function pointer into ECX*/
-	popl	%ecx
-	movl	%ecx, efi_rt_function_ptr
-	movl	$2f, %edx
-	subl	$__PAGE_OFFSET, %edx
-	pushl	%edx
-
-	/*
-	 * 3. Clear PG bit in %CR0.
-	 */
+	/* disable paging */
 	movl	%cr0, %edx
 	andl	$0x7fffffff, %edx
 	movl	%edx, %cr0
-	jmp	1f
-1:
 
-	/*
-	 * 4. Adjust stack pointer.
-	 */
+	/* convert the stack pointer to a flat mapped address */
 	subl	$__PAGE_OFFSET, %esp
 
-	/*
-	 * 5. Call the physical function.
-	 */
-	jmp	*%ecx
+	/* call the EFI routine */
+	call	*(%eax)
 
-2:
-	/*
-	 * 6. After EFI runtime service returns, control will return to
-	 * following instruction. We'd better readjust stack pointer first.
-	 */
-	addl	$__PAGE_OFFSET, %esp
+	/* convert ESP back to a kernel VA, and pop the outgoing args */
+	addl	$__PAGE_OFFSET + 16, %esp
 
-	/*
-	 * 7. Restore PG bit
-	 */
+	/* re-enable paging */
 	movl	%cr0, %edx
 	orl	$0x80000000, %edx
 	movl	%edx, %cr0
-	jmp	1f
-1:
-	/*
-	 * 8. Now restore the virtual mode from flat mode by
-	 * adding EIP with PAGE_OFFSET.
-	 */
-	movl	$1f, %edx
-	jmp	*%edx
-1:
 
-	/*
-	 * 9. Balance the stack. And because EAX contain the return value,
-	 * we'd better not clobber it.
-	 */
-	leal	efi_rt_function_ptr, %edx
-	movl	(%edx), %ecx
-	pushl	%ecx
-
-	/*
-	 * 10. Push the saved return address onto the stack and return.
-	 */
-	leal	saved_return_addr, %edx
-	movl	(%edx), %ecx
-	pushl	%ecx
 	ret
-SYM_FUNC_END(efi_call_phys)
-.previous
-
-.data
-saved_return_addr:
-	.long 0
-efi_rt_function_ptr:
-	.long 0
+SYM_FUNC_END(efi_call_svam)