diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index 4b7ee3fa9224f..847f33ffc4aed 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ static int __init efi_memreserve_map_root(void)
 static int efi_mem_reserve_iomem(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size)
 {
 	struct resource *res, *parent;
+	int ret;
 
 	res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!res)
@@ -908,7 +909,17 @@ static int efi_mem_reserve_iomem(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size)
 
 	/* we expect a conflict with a 'System RAM' region */
 	parent = request_resource_conflict(&iomem_resource, res);
-	return parent ? request_resource(parent, res) : 0;
+	ret = parent ? request_resource(parent, res) : 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Given that efi_mem_reserve_iomem() can be called at any
+	 * time, only call memblock_reserve() if the architecture
+	 * keeps the infrastructure around.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK) && !ret)
+		memblock_reserve(addr, size);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int __ref efi_mem_reserve_persistent(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size)