diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index 70490bf2697b16..60c64b81d2c32c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ static __init int efivar_ssdt_load(void)
 	efi_char16_t *name = NULL;
 	efi_status_t status;
 	efi_guid_t guid;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!efivar_ssdt[0])
 		return 0;
@@ -294,8 +295,8 @@ static __init int efivar_ssdt_load(void)
 			efi_char16_t *name_tmp =
 				krealloc(name, name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!name_tmp) {
-				kfree(name);
-				return -ENOMEM;
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto out;
 			}
 			name = name_tmp;
 			continue;
@@ -309,26 +310,38 @@ static __init int efivar_ssdt_load(void)
 		pr_info("loading SSDT from variable %s-%pUl\n", efivar_ssdt, &guid);
 
 		status = efi.get_variable(name, &guid, NULL, &data_size, NULL);
-		if (status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL || !data_size)
-			return -EIO;
+		if (status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL || !data_size) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		data = kmalloc(data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!data)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!data) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		status = efi.get_variable(name, &guid, NULL, &data_size, data);
 		if (status == EFI_SUCCESS) {
-			acpi_status ret = acpi_load_table(data, NULL);
-			if (ret)
-				pr_err("failed to load table: %u\n", ret);
-			else
+			acpi_status acpi_ret = acpi_load_table(data, NULL);
+			if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_ret)) {
+				pr_err("efivar_ssdt: failed to load table: %u\n",
+				       acpi_ret);
+			} else {
+				/*
+				 * The @data will be in use by ACPI engine,
+				 * do not free it!
+				 */
 				continue;
+			}
 		} else {
-			pr_err("failed to get var data: 0x%lx\n", status);
+			pr_err("efivar_ssdt: failed to get var data: 0x%lx\n", status);
 		}
 		kfree(data);
 	}
-	return 0;
+out:
+	kfree(name);
+	return ret;
 }
 #else
 static inline int efivar_ssdt_load(void) { return 0; }
@@ -433,7 +446,9 @@ static int __init efisubsys_init(void)
 		error = generic_ops_register();
 		if (error)
 			goto err_put;
-		efivar_ssdt_load();
+		error = efivar_ssdt_load();
+		if (error)
+			pr_err("efi: failed to load SSDT, error %d.\n", error);
 		platform_device_register_simple("efivars", 0, NULL, 0);
 	}