diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
index 8e88a696c9cb..4dafc89f373a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ extern void efi_init(void);
 
 int efi_create_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *md);
 
+#define efi_set_mapping_permissions	efi_create_mapping
+
 #define efi_call_virt(f, ...)						\
 ({									\
 	efi_##f##_t *__f;						\
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-init.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-init.c
index a84dddb54c14..909d974d35d9 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-init.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-init.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
 		return;
 
 	reserve_regions();
+	efi_memattr_init();
 	early_memunmap(efi.memmap.map, params.mmap_size);
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM)) {
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-runtime.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-runtime.c
index 19283deac375..17ccf0a8787a 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-runtime.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-runtime.c
@@ -77,9 +77,15 @@ static bool __init efi_virtmap_init(void)
 			systab_found = true;
 		}
 	}
-	if (!systab_found)
+	if (!systab_found) {
 		pr_err("No virtual mapping found for the UEFI System Table\n");
-	return systab_found;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (efi_memattr_apply_permissions(&efi_mm, efi_set_mapping_permissions))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*