diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
index f8ad5d6c7e69..c807409630cc 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ sanity_check(struct efi_variable *var, efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor,
 	}

 	if ((attributes & ~EFI_VARIABLE_MASK) != 0 ||
-	    efivar_validate(name, data, size) == false) {
+	    efivar_validate(vendor, name, data, size) == false) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: Malformed variable content\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ static ssize_t efivar_create(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	}

 	if ((attributes & ~EFI_VARIABLE_MASK) != 0 ||
-	    efivar_validate(name, data, size) == false) {
+	    efivar_validate(new_var->VendorGuid, name, data,
+			    size) == false) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: Malformed variable content\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
index aad48b99553f..ce0ead43f7e1 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
@@ -165,31 +165,42 @@ validate_ascii_string(efi_char16_t *var_name, int match, u8 *buffer,
 }

 struct variable_validate {
+	efi_guid_t vendor;
 	char *name;
 	bool (*validate)(efi_char16_t *var_name, int match, u8 *data,
 			 unsigned long len);
 };

+/*
+ * This is the list of variables we need to validate.
+ *
+ * If it has a validate() method that's not NULL, it'll go into the
+ * validation routine.  If not, it is assumed valid.
+ *
+ * Note that it's sorted by {vendor,name}, but globbed names must come after
+ * any other name with the same prefix.
+ */
 static const struct variable_validate variable_validate[] = {
-	{ "BootNext", validate_uint16 },
-	{ "BootOrder", validate_boot_order },
-	{ "DriverOrder", validate_boot_order },
-	{ "Boot*", validate_load_option },
-	{ "Driver*", validate_load_option },
-	{ "ConIn", validate_device_path },
-	{ "ConInDev", validate_device_path },
-	{ "ConOut", validate_device_path },
-	{ "ConOutDev", validate_device_path },
-	{ "ErrOut", validate_device_path },
-	{ "ErrOutDev", validate_device_path },
-	{ "Timeout", validate_uint16 },
-	{ "Lang", validate_ascii_string },
-	{ "PlatformLang", validate_ascii_string },
-	{ "", NULL },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "BootNext", validate_uint16 },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "BootOrder", validate_boot_order },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "Boot*", validate_load_option },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "DriverOrder", validate_boot_order },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "Driver*", validate_load_option },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "ConIn", validate_device_path },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "ConInDev", validate_device_path },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "ConOut", validate_device_path },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "ConOutDev", validate_device_path },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "ErrOut", validate_device_path },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "ErrOutDev", validate_device_path },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "Lang", validate_ascii_string },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "PlatformLang", validate_ascii_string },
+	{ EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID, "Timeout", validate_uint16 },
+	{ NULL_GUID, "", NULL },
 };

 bool
-efivar_validate(efi_char16_t *var_name, u8 *data, unsigned long data_size)
+efivar_validate(efi_guid_t vendor, efi_char16_t *var_name, u8 *data,
+		unsigned long data_size)
 {
 	int i;
 	unsigned long utf8_size;
@@ -203,9 +214,12 @@ efivar_validate(efi_char16_t *var_name, u8 *data, unsigned long data_size)
 	ucs2_as_utf8(utf8_name, var_name, utf8_size);
 	utf8_name[utf8_size] = '\0';

-	for (i = 0; variable_validate[i].validate != NULL; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; variable_validate[i].name[0] != '\0'; i++) {
 		const char *name = variable_validate[i].name;
-		int match;
+		int match = 0;
+
+		if (efi_guidcmp(vendor, variable_validate[i].vendor))
+			continue;

 		for (match = 0; ; match++) {
 			char c = name[match];
@@ -815,7 +829,7 @@ int efivar_entry_set_get_size(struct efivar_entry *entry, u32 attributes,

 	*set = false;

-	if (efivar_validate(name, data, *size) == false)
+	if (efivar_validate(*vendor, name, data, *size) == false)
 		return -EINVAL;

 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index b3fac7c1656c..971a69d3641d 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -1143,7 +1143,8 @@ int efivar_entry_iter(int (*func)(struct efivar_entry *, void *),
 struct efivar_entry *efivar_entry_find(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t guid,
 				       struct list_head *head, bool remove);

-bool efivar_validate(efi_char16_t *var_name, u8 *data, unsigned long len);
+bool efivar_validate(efi_guid_t vendor, efi_char16_t *var_name, u8 *data,
+		     unsigned long data_size);

 extern struct work_struct efivar_work;
 void efivar_run_worker(void);
