diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
index 3939699e62fe..dd8d10817bdf 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ config EFI_ESRT
 
 config EFI_VARS_PSTORE
 	tristate "Register efivars backend for pstore"
-	depends on EFI_VARS && PSTORE
+	depends on PSTORE
 	default y
 	help
 	  Say Y here to enable use efivars as a backend to pstore. This
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
index feb7fe6f2da7..785f5e6b3a41 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 #define DUMP_NAME_LEN 66
 
+#define EFIVARS_DATA_SIZE_MAX 1024
+
 static bool efivars_pstore_disable =
 	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE_DEFAULT_DISABLE);
 
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ module_param_named(pstore_disable, efivars_pstore_disable, bool, 0644);
 	 EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS | \
 	 EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS)
 
+static LIST_HEAD(efi_pstore_list);
+
 static int efi_pstore_open(struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
 	psi->data = NULL;
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ static inline int __efi_pstore_scan_sysfs_exit(struct efivar_entry *entry,
 	if (entry->deleting) {
 		list_del(&entry->list);
 		efivar_entry_iter_end();
-		efivar_unregister(entry);
+		kfree(entry);
 		if (efivar_entry_iter_begin())
 			return -EINTR;
 	} else if (turn_off_scanning)
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ static int efi_pstore_sysfs_entry_iter(struct pstore_record *record)
 {
 	struct efivar_entry **pos = (struct efivar_entry **)&record->psi->data;
 	struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
-	struct list_head *head = &efivar_sysfs_list;
+	struct list_head *head = &efi_pstore_list;
 	int size = 0;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -314,12 +318,12 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase_name(const char *name)
 	if (efivar_entry_iter_begin())
 		return -EINTR;
 
-	found = __efivar_entry_iter(efi_pstore_erase_func, &efivar_sysfs_list,
+	found = __efivar_entry_iter(efi_pstore_erase_func, &efi_pstore_list,
 				    efi_name, &entry);
 	efivar_entry_iter_end();
 
 	if (found && !entry->scanning)
-		efivar_unregister(entry);
+		kfree(entry);
 
 	return found ? 0 : -ENOENT;
 }
@@ -354,14 +358,76 @@ static struct pstore_info efi_pstore_info = {
 	.erase		= efi_pstore_erase,
 };
 
+static int efi_pstore_callback(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor,
+			       unsigned long name_size, void *data)
+{
+	struct efivar_entry *entry;
+	int ret;
+
+	entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!entry)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(entry->var.VariableName, name, name_size);
+	entry->var.VendorGuid = vendor;
+
+	ret = efivar_entry_add(entry, &efi_pstore_list);
+	if (ret)
+		kfree(entry);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int efi_pstore_update_entry(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor,
+				   unsigned long name_size, void *data)
+{
+	struct efivar_entry *entry = data;
+
+	if (efivar_entry_find(name, vendor, &efi_pstore_list, false))
+		return 0;
+
+	memcpy(entry->var.VariableName, name, name_size);
+	memcpy(&(entry->var.VendorGuid), &vendor, sizeof(efi_guid_t));
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void efi_pstore_update_entries(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct efivar_entry *entry;
+	int err;
+
+	/* Add new sysfs entries */
+	while (1) {
+		entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!entry)
+			return;
+
+		err = efivar_init(efi_pstore_update_entry, entry,
+				  false, &efi_pstore_list);
+		if (!err)
+			break;
+
+		efivar_entry_add(entry, &efi_pstore_list);
+	}
+
+	kfree(entry);
+}
+
 static __init int efivars_pstore_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (!efivars_kobject() || !efivar_supports_writes())
 		return 0;
 
 	if (efivars_pstore_disable)
 		return 0;
 
+	ret = efivar_init(efi_pstore_callback, NULL, true, &efi_pstore_list);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	efi_pstore_info.buf = kmalloc(4096, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!efi_pstore_info.buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -374,6 +440,8 @@ static __init int efivars_pstore_init(void)
 		efi_pstore_info.bufsize = 0;
 	}
 
+	INIT_WORK(&efivar_work, efi_pstore_update_entries);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
index dcea137142b3..f39321dbc29f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(EFIVARS_VERSION);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:efivars");
 
-LIST_HEAD(efivar_sysfs_list);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_sysfs_list);
+static LIST_HEAD(efivar_sysfs_list);
 
 static struct kset *efivars_kset;
 
@@ -591,42 +590,6 @@ create_efivars_bin_attributes(void)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int efivar_update_sysfs_entry(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor,
-				     unsigned long name_size, void *data)
-{
-	struct efivar_entry *entry = data;
-
-	if (efivar_entry_find(name, vendor, &efivar_sysfs_list, false))
-		return 0;
-
-	memcpy(entry->var.VariableName, name, name_size);
-	memcpy(&(entry->var.VendorGuid), &vendor, sizeof(efi_guid_t));
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static void efivar_update_sysfs_entries(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct efivar_entry *entry;
-	int err;
-
-	/* Add new sysfs entries */
-	while (1) {
-		entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!entry)
-			return;
-
-		err = efivar_init(efivar_update_sysfs_entry, entry,
-				  false, &efivar_sysfs_list);
-		if (!err)
-			break;
-
-		efivar_create_sysfs_entry(entry);
-	}
-
-	kfree(entry);
-}
-
 static int efivars_sysfs_callback(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor,
 				  unsigned long name_size, void *data)
 {
@@ -701,8 +664,6 @@ int efivars_sysfs_init(void)
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	INIT_WORK(&efivar_work, efivar_update_sysfs_entries);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivars_sysfs_init);
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 73db1ae04cef..a470256f5ee3 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -984,8 +984,6 @@ struct efivar_entry {
 	bool deleting;
 };
 
-extern struct list_head efivar_sysfs_list;
-
 static inline void
 efivar_unregister(struct efivar_entry *var)
 {
@@ -1043,8 +1041,6 @@ void efivar_run_worker(void);
 #if defined(CONFIG_EFI_VARS) || defined(CONFIG_EFI_VARS_MODULE)
 int efivars_sysfs_init(void);
 
-#define EFIVARS_DATA_SIZE_MAX 1024
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_EFI_VARS */
 extern bool efi_capsule_pending(int *reset_type);
 
