diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
index 756eca8c4cf8..c5b0d2bc1111 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops efivar_attr_ops = {
 
 static void efivar_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
-	struct efivar_entry *var = container_of(kobj, struct efivar_entry, kobj);
+	struct efivar_entry *var = to_efivar_entry(kobj);
 	kfree(var);
 }