diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
index 7bf0a7acae5e6..3698c1ce29409 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c
@@ -34,6 +34,51 @@ efi_status_t check_platform_features(void)
 	return EFI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Distro versions of GRUB may ignore the BSS allocation entirely (i.e., fail
+ * to provide space, and fail to zero it). Check for this condition by double
+ * checking that the first and the last byte of the image are covered by the
+ * same EFI memory map entry.
+ */
+static bool check_image_region(u64 base, u64 size)
+{
+	unsigned long map_size, desc_size, buff_size;
+	efi_memory_desc_t *memory_map;
+	struct efi_boot_memmap map;
+	efi_status_t status;
+	bool ret = false;
+	int map_offset;
+
+	map.map =	&memory_map;
+	map.map_size =	&map_size;
+	map.desc_size =	&desc_size;
+	map.desc_ver =	NULL;
+	map.key_ptr =	NULL;
+	map.buff_size =	&buff_size;
+
+	status = efi_get_memory_map(&map);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return false;
+
+	for (map_offset = 0; map_offset < map_size; map_offset += desc_size) {
+		efi_memory_desc_t *md = (void *)memory_map + map_offset;
+		u64 end = md->phys_addr + md->num_pages * EFI_PAGE_SIZE;
+
+		/*
+		 * Find the region that covers base, and return whether
+		 * it covers base+size bytes.
+		 */
+		if (base >= md->phys_addr && base < end) {
+			ret = (base + size) <= end;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	efi_bs_call(free_pool, memory_map);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Although relocatable kernels can fix up the misalignment with respect to
  * MIN_KIMG_ALIGN, the resulting virtual text addresses are subtly out of
@@ -92,7 +137,9 @@ efi_status_t handle_kernel_image(unsigned long *image_addr,
 	}
 
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		if (IS_ALIGNED((u64)_text, min_kimg_align())) {
+		if (!check_image_region((u64)_text, kernel_memsize)) {
+			efi_err("FIRMWARE BUG: Image BSS overlaps adjacent EFI memory region\n");
+		} else if (IS_ALIGNED((u64)_text, min_kimg_align())) {
 			/*
 			 * Just execute from wherever we were loaded by the
 			 * UEFI PE/COFF loader if the alignment is suitable.