diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
index dd74d2ad3184..433b61587139 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -20,19 +21,19 @@ static struct efivars *__efivars;
 
 static DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(efivars_lock);
 
-efi_status_t check_var_size(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
+static efi_status_t check_var_size(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
 {
 	const struct efivar_operations *fops;
 
 	fops = __efivars->ops;
 
 	if (!fops->query_variable_store)
-		return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
+		return (size <= SZ_64K) ? EFI_SUCCESS : EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
 
 	return fops->query_variable_store(attributes, size, false);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(check_var_size, EFIVAR);
 
+static
 efi_status_t check_var_size_nonblocking(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
 {
 	const struct efivar_operations *fops;
@@ -40,11 +41,10 @@ efi_status_t check_var_size_nonblocking(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
 	fops = __efivars->ops;
 
 	if (!fops->query_variable_store)
-		return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
+		return (size <= SZ_64K) ? EFI_SUCCESS : EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
 
 	return fops->query_variable_store(attributes, size, true);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(check_var_size_nonblocking, EFIVAR);
 
 /**
  * efivars_kobject - get the kobject for the registered efivars
diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/vars.c b/fs/efivarfs/vars.c
index a0ef63cfcecb..9e4f47808bd5 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/vars.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/vars.c
@@ -651,22 +651,6 @@ int efivar_entry_set_get_size(struct efivar_entry *entry, u32 attributes,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	/*
-	 * Ensure that the available space hasn't shrunk below the safe level
-	 */
-	status = check_var_size(attributes, *size + ucs2_strsize(name, 1024));
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		if (status != EFI_UNSUPPORTED) {
-			err = efi_status_to_err(status);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		if (*size > 65536) {
-			err = -ENOSPC;
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
 	status = efivar_set_variable_locked(name, vendor, attributes, *size,
 					    data, false);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index da3974bf05d3..80f3c1c7827d 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -1085,9 +1085,6 @@ efi_status_t efivar_set_variable_locked(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
 efi_status_t efivar_set_variable(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
 				 u32 attr, unsigned long data_size, void *data);
 
-efi_status_t check_var_size(u32 attributes, unsigned long size);
-efi_status_t check_var_size_nonblocking(u32 attributes, unsigned long size);
-
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER)
 extern bool efi_capsule_pending(int *reset_type);