diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
index ba906876cc45..9e529cc2b4ff 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
@@ -464,7 +464,8 @@ static int efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	info->apertures->ranges[0].base = efifb_fix.smem_start;
 	info->apertures->ranges[0].size = size_remap;
 
-	if (!efi_mem_desc_lookup(efifb_fix.smem_start, &md)) {
+	if (efi_enabled(EFI_BOOT) &&
+	    !efi_mem_desc_lookup(efifb_fix.smem_start, &md)) {
 		if ((efifb_fix.smem_start + efifb_fix.smem_len) >
 		    (md.phys_addr + (md.num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT))) {
 			pr_err("efifb: video memory @ 0x%lx spans multiple EFI memory regions\n",