diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
index e4d9d24eb73d..0bd6ae4a899f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static int erst_writer(enum pstore_type_id type, enum kmsg_dump_reason reason,
 		       u64 *id, unsigned int part,
 		       size_t size, struct pstore_info *psi);
 static int erst_clearer(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id,
-			struct pstore_info *psi);
+			struct timespec time, struct pstore_info *psi);
 
 static struct pstore_info erst_info = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ static int erst_writer(enum pstore_type_id type, enum kmsg_dump_reason reason,
 }
 
 static int erst_clearer(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id,
-			struct pstore_info *psi)
+			struct timespec time, struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
 	return erst_clear(id);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index fbe9202c2678..3803621c0d45 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -747,24 +747,25 @@ static int efi_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type,
 };
 
 static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id,
-			    struct pstore_info *psi)
+			    struct timespec time, struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
-	char stub_name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
+	char name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
 	efi_char16_t efi_name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
 	efi_guid_t vendor = LINUX_EFI_CRASH_GUID;
 	struct efivars *efivars = psi->data;
 	struct efivar_entry *entry, *found = NULL;
 	int i;
 
-	sprintf(stub_name, "dump-type%u-%u-", type, (unsigned int)id);
+	sprintf(name, "dump-type%u-%u-%lu", type, (unsigned int)id,
+		time.tv_sec);
 
 	spin_lock(&efivars->lock);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < DUMP_NAME_LEN; i++)
-		efi_name[i] = stub_name[i];
+		efi_name[i] = name[i];
 
 	/*
-	 * Clean up any entries with the same name
+	 * Clean up an entry with the same name
 	 */
 
 	list_for_each_entry(entry, &efivars->list, list) {
@@ -775,9 +776,6 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id,
 		if (utf16_strncmp(entry->var.VariableName, efi_name,
 				  utf16_strlen(efi_name)))
 			continue;
-		/* Needs to be a prefix */
-		if (entry->var.VariableName[utf16_strlen(efi_name)] == 0)
-			continue;
 
 		/* found */
 		found = entry;
@@ -785,6 +783,7 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id,
 					   &entry->var.VendorGuid,
 					   PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES,
 					   0, NULL);
+		break;
 	}
 
 	if (found)
@@ -823,7 +822,7 @@ static int efi_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type,
 }
 
 static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id,
-			    struct pstore_info *psi)
+			    struct timespec time, struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index 4ab572e6d277..4300af654710 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ static int pstore_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct pstore_private *p = dentry->d_inode->i_private;
 
 	if (p->psi->erase)
-		p->psi->erase(p->type, p->id, p->psi);
+		p->psi->erase(p->type, p->id, dentry->d_inode->i_ctime,
+			      p->psi);
 
 	return simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
 }
diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index 1a4f6da58eab..749693fcb75a 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static int notrace ramoops_pstore_write_buf(enum pstore_type_id type,
 }
 
 static int ramoops_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id,
-				struct pstore_info *psi)
+				struct timespec time, struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
 	struct ramoops_context *cxt = psi->data;
 	struct persistent_ram_zone *prz;
diff --git a/include/linux/pstore.h b/include/linux/pstore.h
index ee3034a40884..f6e93362d259 100644
--- a/include/linux/pstore.h
+++ b/include/linux/pstore.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct pstore_info {
 			unsigned int part, const char *buf, size_t size,
 			struct pstore_info *psi);
 	int		(*erase)(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id,
-			struct pstore_info *psi);
+			struct timespec time, struct pstore_info *psi);
 	void		*data;
 };