diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 528ce47c1368..5633018c34af 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ struct efivars {
 	struct kset *kset;
 	struct bin_attribute *new_var, *del_var;
 };
-static struct efivars __efivars;
-static struct efivars *efivars = &__efivars;
 
 /*
  * The maximum size of VariableName + Data = 1024
@@ -124,6 +122,7 @@ struct efi_variable {
 
 
 struct efivar_entry {
+	struct efivars *efivars;
 	struct efi_variable var;
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct kobject kobj;
@@ -150,9 +149,10 @@ struct efivar_attribute efivar_attr_##_name = { \
  * Prototype for sysfs creation function
  */
 static int
-efivar_create_sysfs_entry(unsigned long variable_name_size,
-				efi_char16_t *variable_name,
-				efi_guid_t *vendor_guid);
+efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivars *efivars,
+			  unsigned long variable_name_size,
+			  efi_char16_t *variable_name,
+			  efi_guid_t *vendor_guid);
 
 /* Return the number of unicode characters in data */
 static unsigned long
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ utf8_strsize(efi_char16_t *data, unsigned long maxlength)
 }
 
 static efi_status_t
-get_var_data(struct efi_variable *var)
+get_var_data(struct efivars *efivars, struct efi_variable *var)
 {
 	efi_status_t status;
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ efivar_attr_read(struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf)
 	if (!entry || !buf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	status = get_var_data(var);
+	status = get_var_data(entry->efivars, var);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		return -EIO;
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ efivar_size_read(struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf)
 	if (!entry || !buf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	status = get_var_data(var);
+	status = get_var_data(entry->efivars, var);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		return -EIO;
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ efivar_data_read(struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf)
 	if (!entry || !buf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	status = get_var_data(var);
+	status = get_var_data(entry->efivars, var);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		return -EIO;
 
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ static ssize_t
 efivar_store_raw(struct efivar_entry *entry, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct efi_variable *new_var, *var = &entry->var;
+	struct efivars *efivars = entry->efivars;
 	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
 
 	if (count != sizeof(struct efi_variable))
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ efivar_show_raw(struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf)
 	if (!entry || !buf)
 		return 0;
 
-	status = get_var_data(var);
+	status = get_var_data(entry->efivars, var);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		return -EIO;
 
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ static ssize_t efivar_create(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 			     char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
 {
 	struct efi_variable *new_var = (struct efi_variable *)buf;
+	struct efivars *efivars = bin_attr->private;
 	struct efivar_entry *search_efivar, *n;
 	unsigned long strsize1, strsize2;
 	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
@@ -459,8 +461,11 @@ static ssize_t efivar_create(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	spin_unlock(&efivars->lock);
 
 	/* Create the entry in sysfs.  Locking is not required here */
-	status = efivar_create_sysfs_entry(utf8_strsize(new_var->VariableName,
-			1024), new_var->VariableName, &new_var->VendorGuid);
+	status = efivar_create_sysfs_entry(efivars,
+					   utf8_strsize(new_var->VariableName,
+							1024),
+					   new_var->VariableName,
+					   &new_var->VendorGuid);
 	if (status) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "efivars: variable created, but sysfs entry wasn't.\n");
 	}
@@ -472,6 +477,7 @@ static ssize_t efivar_delete(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 			     char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
 {
 	struct efi_variable *del_var = (struct efi_variable *)buf;
+	struct efivars *efivars = bin_attr->private;
 	struct efivar_entry *search_efivar, *n;
 	unsigned long strsize1, strsize2;
 	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
@@ -580,9 +586,10 @@ static struct kobject *efi_kobj;
  * Returns 1 on failure, 0 on success
  */
 static int
-efivar_create_sysfs_entry(unsigned long variable_name_size,
-			efi_char16_t *variable_name,
-			efi_guid_t *vendor_guid)
+efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivars *efivars,
+			  unsigned long variable_name_size,
+			  efi_char16_t *variable_name,
+			  efi_guid_t *vendor_guid)
 {
 	int i, short_name_size = variable_name_size / sizeof(efi_char16_t) + 38;
 	char *short_name;
@@ -597,6 +604,7 @@ efivar_create_sysfs_entry(unsigned long variable_name_size,
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	new_efivar->efivars = efivars;
 	memcpy(new_efivar->var.VariableName, variable_name,
 		variable_name_size);
 	memcpy(&(new_efivar->var.VendorGuid), vendor_guid, sizeof(efi_guid_t));
@@ -691,6 +699,8 @@ create_efivars_bin_attributes(struct efivars *efivars)
 	return error;
 }
 
+static struct efivars __efivars;
+
 /*
  * For now we register the efi subsystem with the firmware subsystem
  * and the vars subsystem with the efi subsystem.  In the future, it
@@ -706,6 +716,7 @@ efivars_init(void)
 	efi_guid_t vendor_guid;
 	efi_char16_t *variable_name;
 	unsigned long variable_name_size = 1024;
+	struct efivars *efivars = &__efivars;
 	int error = 0;
 
 	if (!efi_enabled)
@@ -751,9 +762,10 @@ efivars_init(void)
 						&vendor_guid);
 		switch (status) {
 		case EFI_SUCCESS:
-			efivar_create_sysfs_entry(variable_name_size,
-							variable_name,
-							&vendor_guid);
+			efivar_create_sysfs_entry(efivars,
+						  variable_name_size,
+						  variable_name,
+						  &vendor_guid);
 			break;
 		case EFI_NOT_FOUND:
 			break;
@@ -788,6 +800,7 @@ efivars_init(void)
 static void __exit
 efivars_exit(void)
 {
+	struct efivars *efivars = &__efivars;
 	struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, &efivars->list, list) {