diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
index cae590bd08f2..eaed1ddcc803 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *),
 		void *data, bool duplicates, struct list_head *head)
 {
 	const struct efivar_operations *ops;
-	unsigned long variable_name_size = 1024;
+	unsigned long variable_name_size = 512;
 	efi_char16_t *variable_name;
 	efi_status_t status;
 	efi_guid_t vendor_guid;
@@ -438,12 +438,13 @@ int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *),
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Per EFI spec, the maximum storage allocated for both
-	 * the variable name and variable data is 1024 bytes.
+	 * A small set of old UEFI implementations reject sizes
+	 * above a certain threshold, the lowest seen in the wild
+	 * is 512.
 	 */
 
 	do {
-		variable_name_size = 1024;
+		variable_name_size = 512;
 
 		status = ops->get_next_variable(&variable_name_size,
 						variable_name,
@@ -491,9 +492,13 @@ int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *),
 			break;
 		case EFI_NOT_FOUND:
 			break;
+		case EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL:
+			pr_warn("efivars: Variable name size exceeds maximum (%lu > 512)\n",
+				variable_name_size);
+			status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
+			break;
 		default:
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "efivars: get_next_variable: status=%lx\n",
-				status);
+			pr_warn("efivars: get_next_variable: status=%lx\n", status);
 			status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
 			break;
 		}