diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c
index 2edc673ea06c..4bae620b95b9 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ unsigned long efi_entry(void *handle, efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg,
 	enum efi_secureboot_mode secure_boot;
 	struct screen_info *si;
 	efi_properties_table_t *prop_tbl;
+	unsigned long max_addr;
 
 	sys_table = sys_table_arg;
 
@@ -258,10 +259,18 @@ unsigned long efi_entry(void *handle, efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg,
 	if (!fdt_addr)
 		pr_efi("Generating empty DTB\n");
 
-	status = efi_load_initrd(image, &initrd_addr, &initrd_size, ULONG_MAX,
-				 efi_get_max_initrd_addr(dram_base, *image_addr));
+	max_addr = efi_get_max_initrd_addr(dram_base, *image_addr);
+	status = efi_load_initrd_dev_path(&initrd_addr, &initrd_size, max_addr);
+	if (status == EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		pr_efi("Loaded initrd from LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device path\n");
+	} else if (status == EFI_NOT_FOUND) {
+		status = efi_load_initrd(image, &initrd_addr, &initrd_size,
+					 ULONG_MAX, max_addr);
+		if (status == EFI_SUCCESS)
+			pr_efi("Loaded initrd from command line option\n");
+	}
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
-		pr_efi_err("Failed initrd from command line!\n");
+		pr_efi_err("Failed to load initrd!\n");
 
 	efi_random_get_seed();
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
index 49008ac88b63..e37afe2c752e 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
@@ -299,3 +299,85 @@ void efi_char16_printk(efi_char16_t *str)
 	efi_call_proto(efi_table_attr(efi_system_table(), con_out),
 		       output_string, str);
 }
+
+/*
+ * The LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID vendor media device path below provides a way
+ * for the firmware or bootloader to expose the initrd data directly to the stub
+ * via the trivial LoadFile2 protocol, which is defined in the UEFI spec, and is
+ * very easy to implement. It is a simple Linux initrd specific conduit between
+ * kernel and firmware, allowing us to put the EFI stub (being part of the
+ * kernel) in charge of where and when to load the initrd, while leaving it up
+ * to the firmware to decide whether it needs to expose its filesystem hierarchy
+ * via EFI protocols.
+ */
+static const struct {
+	struct efi_vendor_dev_path	vendor;
+	struct efi_generic_dev_path	end;
+} __packed initrd_dev_path = {
+	{
+		EFI_DEV_MEDIA,
+		EFI_DEV_MEDIA_VENDOR,
+		sizeof(struct efi_vendor_dev_path),
+		LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID
+	}, {
+		EFI_DEV_END_PATH,
+		EFI_DEV_END_ENTIRE,
+		sizeof(struct efi_generic_dev_path)
+	}
+};
+
+/**
+ * efi_load_initrd_dev_path - load the initrd from the Linux initrd device path
+ * @load_addr:	pointer to store the address where the initrd was loaded
+ * @load_size:	pointer to store the size of the loaded initrd
+ * @max:	upper limit for the initrd memory allocation
+ * @return:	%EFI_SUCCESS if the initrd was loaded successfully, in which case
+ * 		@load_addr and @load_size are assigned accordingly
+ * 		%EFI_NOT_FOUND if no LoadFile2 protocol exists on the initrd
+ * 		device path
+ *		%EFI_LOAD_ERROR in all other cases
+ */
+efi_status_t efi_load_initrd_dev_path(unsigned long *load_addr,
+				      unsigned long *load_size,
+				      unsigned long max)
+{
+	efi_guid_t lf2_proto_guid = EFI_LOAD_FILE2_PROTOCOL_GUID;
+	efi_device_path_protocol_t *dp;
+	efi_load_file2_protocol_t *lf2;
+	unsigned long initrd_addr;
+	unsigned long initrd_size;
+	efi_handle_t handle;
+	efi_status_t status;
+
+	if (!load_addr || !load_size)
+		return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+
+	dp = (efi_device_path_protocol_t *)&initrd_dev_path;
+	status = efi_bs_call(locate_device_path, &lf2_proto_guid, &dp, &handle);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return status;
+
+	status = efi_bs_call(handle_protocol, handle, &lf2_proto_guid,
+			     (void **)&lf2);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return status;
+
+	status = efi_call_proto(lf2, load_file, dp, false, &initrd_size, NULL);
+	if (status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL)
+		return EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
+
+	status = efi_allocate_pages(initrd_size, &initrd_addr, max);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return status;
+
+	status = efi_call_proto(lf2, load_file, dp, false, &initrd_size,
+				(void *)initrd_addr);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		efi_free(initrd_size, initrd_addr);
+		return EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	*load_addr = initrd_addr;
+	*load_size = initrd_size;
+	return EFI_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
index 34fe3fad042f..b58cb2c4474e 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
@@ -640,4 +640,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_load_initrd(efi_loaded_image_t *image,
 			     unsigned long soft_limit,
 			     unsigned long hard_limit);
 
+efi_status_t efi_load_initrd_dev_path(unsigned long *load_addr,
+				      unsigned long *load_size,
+				      unsigned long max);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
index 681b620d8d40..16bf4ed21f1f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
@@ -699,9 +699,14 @@ struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle,
 {
 	unsigned long bzimage_addr = (unsigned long)startup_32;
 	struct setup_header *hdr = &boot_params->hdr;
+	unsigned long max_addr = hdr->initrd_addr_max;
+	unsigned long initrd_addr, initrd_size;
 	efi_status_t status;
 	unsigned long cmdline_paddr;
 
+	if (hdr->xloadflags & XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G)
+		max_addr = ULONG_MAX;
+
 	sys_table = sys_table_arg;
 
 	/* Check if we were booted by the EFI firmware */
@@ -734,6 +739,24 @@ struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle,
 			 ((u64)boot_params->ext_cmd_line_ptr << 32));
 	efi_parse_options((char *)cmdline_paddr);
 
+	/*
+	 * At this point, an initrd may already have been loaded, either by
+	 * the bootloader and passed via bootparams, or loaded from a initrd=
+	 * command line option by efi_pe_entry() above. In either case, we
+	 * permit an initrd loaded from the LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device
+	 * path to supersede it.
+	 */
+	status = efi_load_initrd_dev_path(&initrd_addr, &initrd_size, max_addr);
+	if (status == EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		hdr->ramdisk_image		= (u32)initrd_addr;
+		hdr->ramdisk_size 		= (u32)initrd_size;
+		boot_params->ext_ramdisk_image	= (u64)initrd_addr >> 32;
+		boot_params->ext_ramdisk_size 	= (u64)initrd_size >> 32;
+	} else if (status != EFI_NOT_FOUND) {
+		efi_printk("efi_load_initrd_dev_path() failed!\n");
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If the boot loader gave us a value for secure_boot then we use that,
 	 * otherwise we ask the BIOS.
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 0976e57b4caa..1bf482daa22d 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ void efi_native_runtime_setup(void);
 #define LINUX_EFI_TPM_EVENT_LOG_GUID		EFI_GUID(0xb7799cb0, 0xeca2, 0x4943,  0x96, 0x67, 0x1f, 0xae, 0x07, 0xb7, 0x47, 0xfa)
 #define LINUX_EFI_TPM_FINAL_LOG_GUID		EFI_GUID(0x1e2ed096, 0x30e2, 0x4254,  0xbd, 0x89, 0x86, 0x3b, 0xbe, 0xf8, 0x23, 0x25)
 #define LINUX_EFI_MEMRESERVE_TABLE_GUID		EFI_GUID(0x888eb0c6, 0x8ede, 0x4ff5,  0xa8, 0xf0, 0x9a, 0xee, 0x5c, 0xb9, 0x77, 0xc2)
+#define LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID		EFI_GUID(0x5568e427, 0x68fc, 0x4f3d,  0xac, 0x74, 0xca, 0x55, 0x52, 0x31, 0xcc, 0x68)
 
 /* OEM GUIDs */
 #define DELLEMC_EFI_RCI2_TABLE_GUID		EFI_GUID(0x2d9f28a2, 0xa886, 0x456a,  0x97, 0xa8, 0xf1, 0x1e, 0xf2, 0x4f, 0xf4, 0x55)
