diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
index 096adcbcb5a9..116b244dee68 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static void efivar_update_sysfs_entries(struct work_struct *work)
 			return;
 
 		err = efivar_init(efivar_update_sysfs_entry, entry,
-				  true, false, &efivar_sysfs_list);
+				  false, &efivar_sysfs_list);
 		if (!err)
 			break;
 
@@ -730,8 +730,7 @@ int efivars_sysfs_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	efivar_init(efivars_sysfs_callback, NULL, false,
-		    true, &efivar_sysfs_list);
+	efivar_init(efivars_sysfs_callback, NULL, true, &efivar_sysfs_list);
 
 	error = create_efivars_bin_attributes();
 	if (error) {
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
index 0012331d5a3d..d3b751383286 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
@@ -419,8 +419,7 @@ static void dup_variable_bug(efi_char16_t *str16, efi_guid_t *vendor_guid,
  * Returns 0 on success, or a kernel error code on failure.
  */
 int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *),
-		void *data, bool atomic, bool duplicates,
-		struct list_head *head)
+		void *data, bool duplicates, struct list_head *head)
 {
 	const struct efivar_operations *ops = __efivars->ops;
 	unsigned long variable_name_size = 1024;
@@ -450,7 +449,7 @@ int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *),
 						&vendor_guid);
 		switch (status) {
 		case EFI_SUCCESS:
-			if (!atomic)
+			if (duplicates)
 				spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
 
 			variable_name_size = var_name_strnsize(variable_name,
@@ -465,21 +464,19 @@ int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *),
 			 * and may end up looping here forever.
 			 */
 			if (duplicates &&
-			    variable_is_present(variable_name, &vendor_guid, head)) {
+			    variable_is_present(variable_name, &vendor_guid,
+						head)) {
 				dup_variable_bug(variable_name, &vendor_guid,
 						 variable_name_size);
-				if (!atomic)
-					spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
-
 				status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
-				break;
+			} else {
+				err = func(variable_name, vendor_guid,
+					   variable_name_size, data);
+				if (err)
+					status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
 			}
 
-			err = func(variable_name, vendor_guid, variable_name_size, data);
-			if (err)
-				status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
-
-			if (!atomic)
+			if (duplicates)
 				spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
 
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/super.c b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
index 553c5d2db4a4..9cb54a38832d 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
@@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ static int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&efivarfs_list);
 
-	err = efivar_init(efivarfs_callback, (void *)sb, false,
-			  true, &efivarfs_list);
+	err = efivar_init(efivarfs_callback, (void *)sb, true, &efivarfs_list);
 	if (err)
 		__efivar_entry_iter(efivarfs_destroy, &efivarfs_list, NULL, NULL);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index aa36fb8bea4b..df7acb51f3cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -1336,8 +1336,7 @@ int efivars_unregister(struct efivars *efivars);
 struct kobject *efivars_kobject(void);
 
 int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *),
-		void *data, bool atomic, bool duplicates,
-		struct list_head *head);
+		void *data, bool duplicates, struct list_head *head);
 
 void efivar_entry_add(struct efivar_entry *entry, struct list_head *head);
 void efivar_entry_remove(struct efivar_entry *entry);