diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
index 52a1e5192fa80..bd92249419669 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
@@ -791,6 +791,8 @@ static efi_status_t
 efi_thunk_get_variable(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
 		       u32 *attr, unsigned long *data_size, void *data)
 {
+	u8 buf[24] __aligned(8);
+	efi_guid_t *vnd = PTR_ALIGN((efi_guid_t *)buf, sizeof(*vnd));
 	efi_status_t status;
 	u32 phys_name, phys_vendor, phys_attr;
 	u32 phys_data_size, phys_data;
@@ -798,8 +800,10 @@ efi_thunk_get_variable(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&efi_runtime_lock, flags);
 
+	*vnd = *vendor;
+
 	phys_data_size = virt_to_phys_or_null(data_size);
-	phys_vendor = virt_to_phys_or_null(vendor);
+	phys_vendor = virt_to_phys_or_null(vnd);
 	phys_name = virt_to_phys_or_null_size(name, efi_name_size(name));
 	phys_attr = virt_to_phys_or_null(attr);
 	phys_data = virt_to_phys_or_null_size(data, *data_size);
@@ -816,14 +820,18 @@ static efi_status_t
 efi_thunk_set_variable(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
 		       u32 attr, unsigned long data_size, void *data)
 {
+	u8 buf[24] __aligned(8);
+	efi_guid_t *vnd = PTR_ALIGN((efi_guid_t *)buf, sizeof(*vnd));
 	u32 phys_name, phys_vendor, phys_data;
 	efi_status_t status;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&efi_runtime_lock, flags);
 
+	*vnd = *vendor;
+
 	phys_name = virt_to_phys_or_null_size(name, efi_name_size(name));
-	phys_vendor = virt_to_phys_or_null(vendor);
+	phys_vendor = virt_to_phys_or_null(vnd);
 	phys_data = virt_to_phys_or_null_size(data, data_size);
 
 	/* If data_size is > sizeof(u32) we've got problems */
@@ -840,6 +848,8 @@ efi_thunk_set_variable_nonblocking(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
 				   u32 attr, unsigned long data_size,
 				   void *data)
 {
+	u8 buf[24] __aligned(8);
+	efi_guid_t *vnd = PTR_ALIGN((efi_guid_t *)buf, sizeof(*vnd));
 	u32 phys_name, phys_vendor, phys_data;
 	efi_status_t status;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -847,8 +857,10 @@ efi_thunk_set_variable_nonblocking(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
 	if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&efi_runtime_lock, flags))
 		return EFI_NOT_READY;
 
+	*vnd = *vendor;
+
 	phys_name = virt_to_phys_or_null_size(name, efi_name_size(name));
-	phys_vendor = virt_to_phys_or_null(vendor);
+	phys_vendor = virt_to_phys_or_null(vnd);
 	phys_data = virt_to_phys_or_null_size(data, data_size);
 
 	/* If data_size is > sizeof(u32) we've got problems */
@@ -865,14 +877,18 @@ efi_thunk_get_next_variable(unsigned long *name_size,
 			    efi_char16_t *name,
 			    efi_guid_t *vendor)
 {
+	u8 buf[24] __aligned(8);
+	efi_guid_t *vnd = PTR_ALIGN((efi_guid_t *)buf, sizeof(*vnd));
 	efi_status_t status;
 	u32 phys_name_size, phys_name, phys_vendor;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&efi_runtime_lock, flags);
 
+	*vnd = *vendor;
+
 	phys_name_size = virt_to_phys_or_null(name_size);
-	phys_vendor = virt_to_phys_or_null(vendor);
+	phys_vendor = virt_to_phys_or_null(vnd);
 	phys_name = virt_to_phys_or_null_size(name, *name_size);
 
 	status = efi_thunk(get_next_variable, phys_name_size,
@@ -880,6 +896,7 @@ efi_thunk_get_next_variable(unsigned long *name_size,
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&efi_runtime_lock, flags);
 
+	*vendor = *vnd;
 	return status;
 }