diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
index 0010c78c4998..08b1f2f6ea50 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #define EFI32_LOADER_SIGNATURE	"EL32"
 #define EFI64_LOADER_SIGNATURE	"EL64"
 
+#define MAX_CMDLINE_ADDRESS	UINT_MAX
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
index f07d4a67fa76..29ed2f9b218c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
@@ -649,6 +649,10 @@ static u8 *efi_utf16_to_utf8(u8 *dst, const u16 *src, int n)
 	return dst;
 }
 
+#ifndef MAX_CMDLINE_ADDRESS
+#define MAX_CMDLINE_ADDRESS	ULONG_MAX
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Convert the unicode UEFI command line to ASCII to pass to kernel.
  * Size of memory allocated return in *cmd_line_len.
@@ -684,7 +688,8 @@ char *efi_convert_cmdline(efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg,
 
 	options_bytes++;	/* NUL termination */
 
-	status = efi_low_alloc(sys_table_arg, options_bytes, 0, &cmdline_addr);
+	status = efi_high_alloc(sys_table_arg, options_bytes, 0,
+				&cmdline_addr, MAX_CMDLINE_ADDRESS);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		return NULL;