diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
index 108b115dbf5b..7c12e01c2b31 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static inline unsigned long efi_get_kimg_min_align(void)
 }
 
 #define EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN		SZ_64K
+#define EFI_ALLOC_LIMIT		((1UL << 48) - 1)
 
 /*
  * On ARM systems, virtually remapped UEFI runtime services are set up in two
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/alignedmem.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/alignedmem.c
index 174832661251..6b83c492c3b8 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/alignedmem.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/alignedmem.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_allocate_pages_aligned(unsigned long size, unsigned long *addr,
 	efi_status_t status;
 	int slack;
 
+	max = min(max, EFI_ALLOC_LIMIT);
+
 	if (align < EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN)
 		align = EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN;
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
index 7f0aab3a8ab3..7327b98d8e3f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
@@ -113,10 +113,11 @@ efi_status_t handle_kernel_image(unsigned long *image_addr,
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 		if (!check_image_region((u64)_text, kernel_memsize)) {
 			efi_err("FIRMWARE BUG: Image BSS overlaps adjacent EFI memory region\n");
-		} else if (IS_ALIGNED((u64)_text, min_kimg_align)) {
+		} else if (IS_ALIGNED((u64)_text, min_kimg_align) &&
+			   (u64)_end < EFI_ALLOC_LIMIT) {
 			/*
 			 * Just execute from wherever we were loaded by the
-			 * UEFI PE/COFF loader if the alignment is suitable.
+			 * UEFI PE/COFF loader if the placement is suitable.
 			 */
 			*image_addr = (u64)_text;
 			*reserve_size = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
index ed405f8d09a8..5b8f2c411ed8 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #define EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN		EFI_PAGE_SIZE
 #endif
 
+#ifndef EFI_ALLOC_LIMIT
+#define EFI_ALLOC_LIMIT		ULONG_MAX
+#endif
+
 extern bool efi_nochunk;
 extern bool efi_nokaslr;
 extern int efi_loglevel;
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/mem.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/mem.c
index 03d147f17185..4f1fa302234d 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/mem.c
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_allocate_pages(unsigned long size, unsigned long *addr,
 	efi_physical_addr_t alloc_addr;
 	efi_status_t status;
 
+	max = min(max, EFI_ALLOC_LIMIT);
+
 	if (EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN > EFI_PAGE_SIZE)
 		return efi_allocate_pages_aligned(size, addr, max,
 						  EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN,
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/randomalloc.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/randomalloc.c
index ec44bb7e092f..1692d19ae80f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/randomalloc.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/randomalloc.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static unsigned long get_entry_num_slots(efi_memory_desc_t *md,
 		return 0;
 
 	region_end = min(md->phys_addr + md->num_pages * EFI_PAGE_SIZE - 1,
-			 (u64)ULONG_MAX);
+			 (u64)EFI_ALLOC_LIMIT);
 	if (region_end < size)
 		return 0;