diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
index 4a84a810dc2c..c62544b966ae 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
@@ -227,6 +227,136 @@ test_no_set_size()
 	exit $ret
 }
 
+setup_test_multiple()
+{
+       ##
+       # we're going to do multi-threaded tests, so create a set of
+       # pipes for synchronization.  We use pipes 1..3 to start the
+       # stalled shell job and pipes 4..6 as indicators that the job
+       # has started.  If you need more than 3 jobs the two +3's below
+       # need increasing
+       ##
+
+       declare -ag p
+
+       # empty is because arrays number from 0 but jobs number from 1
+       p[0]=""
+
+       for f in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do
+               p[$f]=/tmp/efivarfs_pipe${f}
+               mknod ${p[$f]} p
+       done
+
+       declare -g var=$efivarfs_mount/test_multiple-$test_guid
+
+       cleanup() {
+               for f in ${p[@]}; do
+                       rm -f ${f}
+               done
+               if [ -e $var ]; then
+                       file_cleanup $var
+               fi
+       }
+       trap cleanup exit
+
+       waitstart() {
+               cat ${p[$[$1+3]]} > /dev/null
+       }
+
+       waitpipe() {
+               echo 1 > ${p[$[$1+3]]}
+               cat ${p[$1]} > /dev/null
+       }
+
+       endjob() {
+               echo 1 > ${p[$1]}
+               wait -n %$1
+       }
+}
+
+test_multiple_zero_size()
+{
+       ##
+       # check for remove on last close, set up three threads all
+       # holding the variable (one write and two reads) and then
+       # close them sequentially (waiting for completion) and check
+       # the state of the variable
+       ##
+
+       { waitpipe 1; echo 1; } > $var 2> /dev/null &
+       waitstart 1
+       # zero length file should exist
+       [ -e $var ] || exit 1
+       # second and third delayed close
+       { waitpipe 2; } < $var &
+       waitstart 2
+       { waitpipe 3; } < $var &
+       waitstart 3
+       # close first fd
+       endjob 1
+       # var should only be deleted on last close
+       [ -e $var ] || exit 1
+       # close second fd
+       endjob 2
+       [ -e $var ] || exit 1
+       # file should go on last close
+       endjob 3
+       [ ! -e $var ] || exit 1
+}
+
+test_multiple_create()
+{
+       ##
+       # set multiple threads to access the variable but delay
+       # the final write to check the close of 2 and 3.  The
+       # final write should succeed in creating the variable
+       ##
+       { waitpipe 1; printf '\x07\x00\x00\x00\x54'; } > $var &
+       waitstart 1
+       [ -e $var -a ! -s $var ] || exit 1
+       { waitpipe 2; } < $var &
+       waitstart 2
+       { waitpipe 3; } < $var &
+       waitstart 3
+       # close second and third fds
+       endjob 2
+       # var should only be created (have size) on last close
+       [ -e $var -a ! -s $var ] || exit 1
+       endjob 3
+       [ -e $var -a ! -s $var ] || exit 1
+       # close first fd
+       endjob 1
+       # variable should still exist
+       [ -s $var ] || exit 1
+       file_cleanup $var
+}
+
+test_multiple_delete_on_write() {
+       ##
+       # delete the variable on final write; seqencing similar
+       # to test_multiple_create()
+       ##
+       printf '\x07\x00\x00\x00\x54' > $var
+       chattr -i $var
+       { waitpipe 1; printf '\x07\x00\x00\x00'; } > $var &
+       waitstart 1
+       [ -e $var -a -s $var ] || exit 1
+       { waitpipe 2; } < $var &
+       waitstart 2
+       { waitpipe 3; } < $var &
+       waitstart 3
+       # close first fd; write should set variable size to zero
+       endjob 1
+       # var should only be deleted on last close
+       [ -e $var -a ! -s $var ] || exit 1
+       endjob 2
+       [ -e $var ] || exit 1
+       # close last fd
+       endjob 3
+       # variable should now be removed
+       [ ! -e $var ] || exit 1
+}
+
 check_prereqs
 
 rc=0
@@ -240,5 +370,9 @@ run_test test_open_unlink
 run_test test_valid_filenames
 run_test test_invalid_filenames
 run_test test_no_set_size
+setup_test_multiple
+run_test test_multiple_zero_size
+run_test test_multiple_create
+run_test test_multiple_delete_on_write
 
 exit $rc