diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
index 8bd1bb6dbe47..8a7432a4b413 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
@@ -583,6 +583,9 @@ int efivars_sysfs_init(void)
 	struct kobject *parent_kobj = efivars_kobject();
 	int error = 0;
 
+	if (!efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* No efivars has been registered yet */
 	if (!parent_kobj)
 		return 0;