diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
index 5b9dc26e6bcb..552c78f5f059 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int efi_pstore_read_func(struct pstore_record *record,
 				     &size, record->buf);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 		kfree(record->buf);
-		return -EIO;
+		return efi_status_to_err(status);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static ssize_t efi_pstore_read(struct pstore_record *record)
 			return 0;
 
 		if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
-			return -EIO;
+			return efi_status_to_err(status);
 
 		/* skip variables that don't concern us */
 		if (efi_guidcmp(guid, LINUX_EFI_CRASH_GUID))
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int efi_pstore_write(struct pstore_record *record)
 					    record->size, record->psi->buf,
 					    true);
 	efivar_unlock();
-	return status == EFI_SUCCESS ? 0 : -EIO;
+	return efi_status_to_err(status);
 };
 
 static int efi_pstore_erase(struct pstore_record *record)
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase(struct pstore_record *record)
 				     PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES, 0, NULL);
 
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS && status != EFI_NOT_FOUND)
-		return -EIO;
+		return efi_status_to_err(status);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/zboot.lds b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/zboot.lds
index ac8c0ef85158..af2c82f7bd90 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/zboot.lds
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/zboot.lds
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	/DISCARD/ : {
+		*(.discard .discard.*)
 		*(.modinfo .init.modinfo)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
index 5d56bc40a79d..708b777857d3 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ extern struct semaphore __efi_uv_runtime_lock __alias(efi_runtime_lock);
  * Calls the appropriate efi_runtime_service() with the appropriate
  * arguments.
  */
-static void efi_call_rts(struct work_struct *work)
+static void __nocfi efi_call_rts(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	const union efi_rts_args *args = efi_rts_work.args;
 	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static efi_status_t virt_efi_set_variable(efi_char16_t *name,
 	return status;
 }
 
-static efi_status_t
+static efi_status_t __nocfi
 virt_efi_set_variable_nb(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor, u32 attr,
 			 unsigned long data_size, void *data)
 {
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static efi_status_t virt_efi_query_variable_info(u32 attr,
 	return status;
 }
 
-static efi_status_t
+static efi_status_t __nocfi
 virt_efi_query_variable_info_nb(u32 attr, u64 *storage_space,
 				u64 *remaining_space, u64 *max_variable_size)
 {
@@ -499,10 +499,9 @@ static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_next_high_mono_count(u32 *count)
 	return status;
 }
 
-static void virt_efi_reset_system(int reset_type,
-				  efi_status_t status,
-				  unsigned long data_size,
-				  efi_char16_t *data)
+static void __nocfi
+virt_efi_reset_system(int reset_type, efi_status_t status,
+		      unsigned long data_size, efi_char16_t *data)
 {
 	if (down_trylock(&efi_runtime_lock)) {
 		pr_warn("failed to invoke the reset_system() runtime service:\n"