diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/bios.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/bios.h
index 71605c7d5c5c..8b7594f2d48f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/bios.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/bios.h
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ enum {
 	BIOS_STATUS_SUCCESS		=  0,
 	BIOS_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED	= -ENOSYS,
 	BIOS_STATUS_EINVAL		= -EINVAL,
-	BIOS_STATUS_UNAVAIL		= -EBUSY
+	BIOS_STATUS_UNAVAIL		= -EBUSY,
+	BIOS_STATUS_ABORT		= -EINTR,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -111,4 +112,9 @@ extern long system_serial_number;
 
 extern struct kobject *sgi_uv_kobj;	/* /sys/firmware/sgi_uv */
 
+/*
+ * EFI runtime lock; cf. firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c for details
+ */
+extern struct semaphore __efi_uv_runtime_lock;
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_UV_BIOS_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/bios_uv.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/bios_uv.c
index 1584cbed0dce..a45a1c5aabea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/bios_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/bios_uv.c
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 
 static struct uv_systab uv_systab;
 
-s64 uv_bios_call(enum uv_bios_cmd which, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3, u64 a4, u64 a5)
+static s64 __uv_bios_call(enum uv_bios_cmd which, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3,
+			u64 a4, u64 a5)
 {
 	struct uv_systab *tab = &uv_systab;
 	s64 ret;
@@ -43,6 +44,19 @@ s64 uv_bios_call(enum uv_bios_cmd which, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3, u64 a4, u64 a5)
 			a1, a2, a3, a4, a5);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+s64 uv_bios_call(enum uv_bios_cmd which, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3, u64 a4, u64 a5)
+{
+	s64 ret;
+
+	if (down_interruptible(&__efi_uv_runtime_lock))
+		return BIOS_STATUS_ABORT;
+
+	ret = __uv_bios_call(which, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5);
+	up(&__efi_uv_runtime_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uv_bios_call);
 
 s64 uv_bios_call_irqsave(enum uv_bios_cmd which, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3,
@@ -51,10 +65,15 @@ s64 uv_bios_call_irqsave(enum uv_bios_cmd which, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3,
 	unsigned long bios_flags;
 	s64 ret;
 
+	if (down_interruptible(&__efi_uv_runtime_lock))
+		return BIOS_STATUS_ABORT;
+
 	local_irq_save(bios_flags);
-	ret = uv_bios_call(which, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5);
+	ret = __uv_bios_call(which, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5);
 	local_irq_restore(bios_flags);
 
+	up(&__efi_uv_runtime_lock);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
index 228bbf910461..906d0224f50d 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(efi_runtime_lock);
  * context through efi_pstore_write().
  */
 
+/*
+ * Expose the EFI runtime lock to the UV platform
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_UV
+extern struct semaphore __efi_uv_runtime_lock __alias(efi_runtime_lock);
+#endif
+
 /*
  * As per commit ef68c8f87ed1 ("x86: Serialize EFI time accesses on rtc_lock"),
  * the EFI specification requires that callers of the time related runtime