diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index a4148a7d3afe0..ef59d6ea16da0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -1542,6 +1542,8 @@ struct list_head *ghes_get_devices(void)
 
 			pr_warn_once("Force-loading ghes_edac on an unsupported platform. You're on your own!\n");
 		}
+	} else if (list_empty(&ghes_devs)) {
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	return &ghes_devs;