diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
index 1410beaef5c3..f3e54f6616f0 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static void virt_efi_reset_system(int reset_type,
 				  unsigned long data_size,
 				  efi_char16_t *data)
 {
-	if (down_interruptible(&efi_runtime_lock)) {
+	if (down_trylock(&efi_runtime_lock)) {
 		pr_warn("failed to invoke the reset_system() runtime service:\n"
 			"could not get exclusive access to the firmware\n");
 		return;