diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
index abdc8a6a39631..cae590bd08f27 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
@@ -742,6 +742,7 @@ int efivar_entry_set_safe(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor, u32 attributes,
 {
 	const struct efivar_operations *ops;
 	efi_status_t status;
+	unsigned long varsize;
 
 	if (!__efivars)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -764,15 +765,17 @@ int efivar_entry_set_safe(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor, u32 attributes,
 		return efivar_entry_set_nonblocking(name, vendor, attributes,
 						    size, data);
 
+	varsize = size + ucs2_strsize(name, 1024);
 	if (!block) {
 		if (down_trylock(&efivars_lock))
 			return -EBUSY;
+		status = check_var_size_nonblocking(attributes, varsize);
 	} else {
 		if (down_interruptible(&efivars_lock))
 			return -EINTR;
+		status = check_var_size(attributes, varsize);
 	}
 
-	status = check_var_size(attributes, size + ucs2_strsize(name, 1024));
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 		up(&efivars_lock);
 		return -ENOSPC;