diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/mokvar-table.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/mokvar-table.c
index d8bc013406861..38722d2009e20 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/mokvar-table.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/mokvar-table.c
@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@ void __init efi_mokvar_table_init(void)
 		pr_err("EFI MOKvar config table is not valid\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	efi_mem_reserve(efi.mokvar_table, map_size_needed);
+
+	if (md.type == EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA)
+		efi_mem_reserve(efi.mokvar_table, map_size_needed);
+
 	efi_mokvar_table_size = map_size_needed;
 }