diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
index eea40d52ca78..d1e64ac80b9c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ extern int __init efi_reuse_config(u64 tables, int nr_tables);
 extern void efi_delete_dummy_variable(void);
 extern void efi_switch_mm(struct mm_struct *mm);
 extern void efi_recover_from_page_fault(unsigned long phys_addr);
+extern void efi_free_boot_services(void);
+extern void efi_reserve_boot_services(void);
 
 struct efi_setup_data {
 	u64 fw_vendor;
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 7ae939e353cd..e1cb01a22fa8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -993,6 +993,8 @@ static void __init __efi_enter_virtual_mode(void)
 		panic("EFI call to SetVirtualAddressMap() failed!");
 	}
 
+	efi_free_boot_services();
+
 	/*
 	 * Now that EFI is in virtual mode, update the function
 	 * pointers in the runtime service table to the new virtual addresses.
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 100ce4a4aff6..2b3b33c83b05 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -1000,13 +1000,11 @@ extern void efi_memmap_walk (efi_freemem_callback_t callback, void *arg);
 extern void efi_gettimeofday (struct timespec64 *ts);
 extern void efi_enter_virtual_mode (void);	/* switch EFI to virtual mode, if possible */
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
-extern void efi_free_boot_services(void);
 extern efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes,
 					     unsigned long size,
 					     bool nonblocking);
 extern void efi_find_mirror(void);
 #else
-static inline void efi_free_boot_services(void) {}
 
 static inline efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes,
 						    unsigned long size,
@@ -1046,7 +1044,6 @@ extern void efi_mem_reserve(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size);
 extern int efi_mem_reserve_persistent(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size);
 extern void efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 		struct resource *data_resource, struct resource *bss_resource);
-extern void efi_reserve_boot_services(void);
 extern int efi_get_fdt_params(struct efi_fdt_params *params);
 extern struct kobject *efi_kobj;
 
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index ee147103ba1b..ccefcd8e855f 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -737,10 +737,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	arch_post_acpi_subsys_init();
 	sfi_init_late();
 
-	if (efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES)) {
-		efi_free_boot_services();
-	}
-
 	/* Do the rest non-__init'ed, we're now alive */
 	arch_call_rest_init();
 }