diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
index 01ae165731a5..d679d881647b 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ extern bool efi_novamap;
 
 extern const efi_system_table_t *efi_system_table;
 
-typedef union efi_dxe_services_table efi_dxe_services_table_t;
-extern const efi_dxe_services_table_t *efi_dxe_table;
-
 efi_status_t __efiapi efi_pe_entry(efi_handle_t handle,
 				   efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg);
 
@@ -392,6 +389,8 @@ typedef struct {
 	void *device_handle;
 } efi_gcd_memory_space_desc_t;
 
+typedef union efi_dxe_services_table efi_dxe_services_table_t;
+
 /*
  * EFI DXE Services table
  */
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/mem.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/mem.c
index 134f17d078d1..77cf745ade0d 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/mem.c
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 #include "efistub.h"
 
+static const efi_dxe_services_table_t *efi_dxe_table;
+static efi_memory_attribute_protocol_t *efi_mem_attrib_proto;
+
 /**
  * efi_get_memory_map() - get memory map
  * @map:		pointer to memory map pointer to which to assign the
@@ -129,53 +132,33 @@ void efi_free(unsigned long size, unsigned long addr)
 	efi_bs_call(free_pages, addr, nr_pages);
 }
 
-/**
- * efi_adjust_memory_range_protection() - change memory range protection attributes
- * @start:	memory range start address
- * @size:	memory range size
- *
- * Actual memory range for which memory attributes are modified is
- * the smallest ranged with start address and size aligned to EFI_PAGE_SIZE
- * that includes [start, start + size].
- *
- * @return: status code
- */
-efi_status_t efi_adjust_memory_range_protection(unsigned long start,
-						unsigned long size,
-						unsigned long attributes)
+static void retrieve_dxe_table(void)
+{
+	efi_dxe_table = get_efi_config_table(EFI_DXE_SERVICES_TABLE_GUID);
+	if (efi_dxe_table &&
+	    efi_dxe_table->hdr.signature != EFI_DXE_SERVICES_TABLE_SIGNATURE) {
+		efi_warn("Ignoring DXE services table: invalid signature\n");
+		efi_dxe_table = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static efi_status_t adjust_mem_attrib_dxe(efi_physical_addr_t rounded_start,
+					  efi_physical_addr_t rounded_end,
+					  unsigned long attributes)
 {
 	efi_status_t status;
 	efi_gcd_memory_space_desc_t desc;
-	efi_physical_addr_t end, next;
-	efi_physical_addr_t rounded_start, rounded_end;
+	efi_physical_addr_t end, next, start;
 	efi_physical_addr_t unprotect_start, unprotect_size;
 
-	if (efi_dxe_table == NULL)
-		return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
+	if (!efi_dxe_table) {
+		retrieve_dxe_table();
 
-	/*
-	 * This function should not be used to modify attributes
-	 * other than writable/executable.
-	 */
-
-	if ((attributes & ~(EFI_MEMORY_RO | EFI_MEMORY_XP)) != 0)
-		return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
-
-	rounded_start = rounddown(start, EFI_PAGE_SIZE);
-	rounded_end = roundup(start + size, EFI_PAGE_SIZE);
-
-	/*
-	 * Disallow simultaniously executable and writable memory
-	 * to inforce W^X policy if direct extraction code is enabled.
-	 */
-
-	if ((attributes & (EFI_MEMORY_RO | EFI_MEMORY_XP)) == 0) {
-		efi_warn("W^X violation at [%08lx,%08lx]\n",
-			 (unsigned long)rounded_start,
-			 (unsigned long)rounded_end);
+		if (!efi_dxe_table)
+			return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
 	}
 
-	for (end = start + size; start < end; start = next) {
+	for (start = rounded_start, end = rounded_end; start < end; start = next) {
 
 		status = efi_dxe_call(get_memory_space_descriptor,
 				      start, &desc);
@@ -227,3 +210,112 @@ efi_status_t efi_adjust_memory_range_protection(unsigned long start,
 
 	return EFI_SUCCESS;
 }
+
+static void retrieve_memory_attributes_proto(void)
+{
+	efi_status_t status;
+	efi_guid_t guid = EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PROTOCOL_GUID;
+
+	status = efi_bs_call(locate_protocol, &guid, NULL,
+			     (void **)&efi_mem_attrib_proto);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		efi_mem_attrib_proto = NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * efi_adjust_memory_range_protection() - change memory range protection attributes
+ * @start:	memory range start address
+ * @size:	memory range size
+ * @size:	memory range attributes
+ *
+ * The only supported memory attributes are EFI_MEMORY_RO and EFI_MEMORY_XP.
+ *
+ * Actual memory range for which memory attributes are modified is
+ * the smallest ranged with start address and size aligned to EFI_PAGE_SIZE
+ * that includes [start, start + size].
+ *
+ * This function first attempts to use EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PROTOCOL,
+ * that is a part of UEFI Specification since version 2.10.
+ *
+ * If the protocol is unavailable it falls back to DXE services functions,
+ * in which case it does not apply stricter memory attributes, only relaxed
+ * ones.
+ *
+ * @return: status code
+ */
+efi_status_t efi_adjust_memory_range_protection(unsigned long start,
+						unsigned long size,
+						unsigned long attributes)
+{
+	efi_status_t status;
+	efi_physical_addr_t rounded_start, rounded_end;
+	unsigned long attr_clear;
+
+	/*
+	 * This function should not be used to modify attributes
+	 * other than writable/executable.
+	 */
+
+	if ((attributes & ~(EFI_MEMORY_RO | EFI_MEMORY_XP)) != 0)
+		return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+
+	rounded_start = rounddown(start, EFI_PAGE_SIZE);
+	rounded_end = roundup(start + size, EFI_PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	/*
+	 * Warn if requested to make memory simultaneously
+	 * executable and writable to enforce W^X policy.
+	 */
+
+	if ((attributes & (EFI_MEMORY_RO | EFI_MEMORY_XP)) == 0) {
+		efi_warn("W^X violation at  [%08lx,%08lx]",
+			 (unsigned long)rounded_start,
+			 (unsigned long)rounded_end);
+	}
+
+	if (!efi_mem_attrib_proto) {
+		retrieve_memory_attributes_proto();
+
+		/* Fall back to DXE services if unsupported */
+		if (!efi_mem_attrib_proto) {
+			return adjust_mem_attrib_dxe(rounded_start,
+						     rounded_end,
+						     attributes);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Unlike DXE services, EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PROTOCOL does not clear
+	 * unset protection bit, so it needs to be cleared explcitly.
+	 */
+
+	attr_clear = ~attributes &
+		     (EFI_MEMORY_RO | EFI_MEMORY_XP | EFI_MEMORY_RP);
+
+	status = efi_call_proto(efi_mem_attrib_proto,
+				clear_memory_attributes,
+				rounded_start,
+				rounded_end - rounded_start,
+				attr_clear);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		efi_warn("Failed to clear memory attributes at [%08lx,%08lx]: %lx",
+			 (unsigned long)rounded_start,
+			 (unsigned long)rounded_end,
+			 status);
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	status = efi_call_proto(efi_mem_attrib_proto,
+				set_memory_attributes,
+				rounded_start,
+				rounded_end - rounded_start,
+				attributes);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		efi_warn("Failed to set memory attributes at [%08lx,%08lx]: %lx",
+			 (unsigned long)rounded_start,
+			 (unsigned long)rounded_end,
+			 status);
+	}
+
+	return status;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
index 7c5561aaba71..9394ac319d18 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #define MAXMEM_X86_64_4LEVEL (1ull << 46)
 
 const efi_system_table_t *efi_system_table;
-const efi_dxe_services_table_t *efi_dxe_table;
 u32 image_offset __section(".data");
 static efi_loaded_image_t *image __section(".data");
 
@@ -643,13 +642,6 @@ asmlinkage unsigned long efi_main(efi_handle_t handle,
 	if (efi_system_table->hdr.signature != EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE_SIGNATURE)
 		efi_exit(handle, EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER);
 
-	efi_dxe_table = get_efi_config_table(EFI_DXE_SERVICES_TABLE_GUID);
-	if (efi_dxe_table &&
-	    efi_dxe_table->hdr.signature != EFI_DXE_SERVICES_TABLE_SIGNATURE) {
-		efi_warn("Ignoring DXE services table: invalid signature\n");
-		efi_dxe_table = NULL;
-	}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL
 	status = efi_parse_options(CONFIG_CMDLINE);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
