diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
index e57665b4ba1c..e98522ea6f09 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
@@ -114,18 +114,12 @@ __setup_efi_pci(efi_pci_io_protocol_t *pci, struct pci_setup_rom **__rom)
 	struct pci_setup_rom *rom = NULL;
 	efi_status_t status;
 	unsigned long size;
-	uint64_t attributes, romsize;
+	uint64_t romsize;
 	void *romimage;
 
-	status = efi_call_proto(efi_pci_io_protocol, attributes, pci,
-				EfiPciIoAttributeOperationGet, 0ULL,
-				&attributes);
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
-		return status;
-
 	/*
-	 * Some firmware images contain EFI function pointers at the place where the
-	 * romimage and romsize fields are supposed to be. Typically the EFI
+	 * Some firmware images contain EFI function pointers at the place where
+	 * the romimage and romsize fields are supposed to be. Typically the EFI
 	 * code is mapped at high addresses, translating to an unrealistically
 	 * large romsize. The UEFI spec limits the size of option ROMs to 16
 	 * MiB so we reject any ROMs over 16 MiB in size to catch this.