1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c
index a4cfb64c86a1..cb04aa43c33a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst-dbg.c
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ static struct miscdevice erst_dbg_dev = {
 
 static __init int erst_dbg_init(void)
 {
+        if (erst_disable) {
+                pr_info(ERST_DBG_PFX "ERST support is disabled.\n");
+                return -ENODEV;
+        }
         return misc_register(&erst_dbg_dev);
 }