diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 9a24641adfba..54746a791f3f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ static void ghes_copy_tofrom_phys(void *buffer, u64 paddr, u32 len,
 	}
 }
 
-static int ghes_read_estatus(struct ghes *ghes, u64 *buf_paddr,
-			     enum fixed_addresses fixmap_idx)
-
+static int ghes_read_estatus(struct ghes *ghes,
+			     struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus,
+			     u64 *buf_paddr, enum fixed_addresses fixmap_idx)
 {
 	struct acpi_hest_generic *g = ghes->generic;
 	u32 len;
@@ -312,25 +312,25 @@ static int ghes_read_estatus(struct ghes *ghes, u64 *buf_paddr,
 	if (!*buf_paddr)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	ghes_copy_tofrom_phys(ghes->estatus, *buf_paddr,
-			      sizeof(*ghes->estatus), 1, fixmap_idx);
-	if (!ghes->estatus->block_status) {
+	ghes_copy_tofrom_phys(estatus, *buf_paddr, sizeof(*estatus), 1,
+			      fixmap_idx);
+	if (!estatus->block_status) {
 		*buf_paddr = 0;
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
 	rc = -EIO;
-	len = cper_estatus_len(ghes->estatus);
-	if (len < sizeof(*ghes->estatus))
+	len = cper_estatus_len(estatus);
+	if (len < sizeof(*estatus))
 		goto err_read_block;
 	if (len > ghes->generic->error_block_length)
 		goto err_read_block;
-	if (cper_estatus_check_header(ghes->estatus))
+	if (cper_estatus_check_header(estatus))
 		goto err_read_block;
-	ghes_copy_tofrom_phys(ghes->estatus + 1,
-			      *buf_paddr + sizeof(*ghes->estatus),
-			      len - sizeof(*ghes->estatus), 1, fixmap_idx);
-	if (cper_estatus_check(ghes->estatus))
+	ghes_copy_tofrom_phys(estatus + 1,
+			      *buf_paddr + sizeof(*estatus),
+			      len - sizeof(*estatus), 1, fixmap_idx);
+	if (cper_estatus_check(estatus))
 		goto err_read_block;
 	rc = 0;
 
@@ -342,16 +342,17 @@ err_read_block:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void ghes_clear_estatus(struct ghes *ghes, u64 buf_paddr,
-			       enum fixed_addresses fixmap_idx)
+static void ghes_clear_estatus(struct ghes *ghes,
+			       struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus,
+			       u64 buf_paddr, enum fixed_addresses fixmap_idx)
 {
-	ghes->estatus->block_status = 0;
+	estatus->block_status = 0;
 
 	if (!buf_paddr)
 		return;
 
-	ghes_copy_tofrom_phys(ghes->estatus, buf_paddr,
-			      sizeof(ghes->estatus->block_status), 0,
+	ghes_copy_tofrom_phys(estatus, buf_paddr,
+			      sizeof(estatus->block_status), 0,
 			      fixmap_idx);
 
 	/*
@@ -651,12 +652,13 @@ static void ghes_estatus_cache_add(
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static void __ghes_panic(struct ghes *ghes, u64 buf_paddr,
-			 enum fixed_addresses fixmap_idx)
+static void __ghes_panic(struct ghes *ghes,
+			 struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus,
+			 u64 buf_paddr, enum fixed_addresses fixmap_idx)
 {
-	__ghes_print_estatus(KERN_EMERG, ghes->generic, ghes->estatus);
+	__ghes_print_estatus(KERN_EMERG, ghes->generic, estatus);
 
-	ghes_clear_estatus(ghes, buf_paddr, fixmap_idx);
+	ghes_clear_estatus(ghes, estatus, buf_paddr, fixmap_idx);
 
 	/* reboot to log the error! */
 	if (!panic_timeout)
@@ -666,25 +668,25 @@ static void __ghes_panic(struct ghes *ghes, u64 buf_paddr,
 
 static int ghes_proc(struct ghes *ghes)
 {
+	struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus = ghes->estatus;
 	u64 buf_paddr;
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = ghes_read_estatus(ghes, &buf_paddr, FIX_APEI_GHES_IRQ);
+	rc = ghes_read_estatus(ghes, estatus, &buf_paddr, FIX_APEI_GHES_IRQ);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (ghes_severity(ghes->estatus->error_severity) >= GHES_SEV_PANIC) {
-		__ghes_panic(ghes, buf_paddr, FIX_APEI_GHES_IRQ);
-	}
+	if (ghes_severity(estatus->error_severity) >= GHES_SEV_PANIC)
+		__ghes_panic(ghes, estatus, buf_paddr, FIX_APEI_GHES_IRQ);
 
-	if (!ghes_estatus_cached(ghes->estatus)) {
-		if (ghes_print_estatus(NULL, ghes->generic, ghes->estatus))
-			ghes_estatus_cache_add(ghes->generic, ghes->estatus);
+	if (!ghes_estatus_cached(estatus)) {
+		if (ghes_print_estatus(NULL, ghes->generic, estatus))
+			ghes_estatus_cache_add(ghes->generic, estatus);
 	}
-	ghes_do_proc(ghes, ghes->estatus);
+	ghes_do_proc(ghes, estatus);
 
 out:
-	ghes_clear_estatus(ghes, buf_paddr, FIX_APEI_GHES_IRQ);
+	ghes_clear_estatus(ghes, estatus, buf_paddr, FIX_APEI_GHES_IRQ);
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -825,17 +827,20 @@ static void ghes_print_queued_estatus(void)
 }
 
 /* Save estatus for further processing in IRQ context */
-static void __process_error(struct ghes *ghes)
+static void __process_error(struct ghes *ghes,
+			    struct acpi_hest_generic_status *src_estatus)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	u32 len, node_len;
 	struct ghes_estatus_node *estatus_node;
 	struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus;
 
-	if (ghes_estatus_cached(ghes->estatus))
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG))
 		return;
 
-	len = cper_estatus_len(ghes->estatus);
+	if (ghes_estatus_cached(src_estatus))
+		return;
+
+	len = cper_estatus_len(src_estatus);
 	node_len = GHES_ESTATUS_NODE_LEN(len);
 
 	estatus_node = (void *)gen_pool_alloc(ghes_estatus_pool, node_len);
@@ -845,30 +850,31 @@ static void __process_error(struct ghes *ghes)
 	estatus_node->ghes = ghes;
 	estatus_node->generic = ghes->generic;
 	estatus = GHES_ESTATUS_FROM_NODE(estatus_node);
-	memcpy(estatus, ghes->estatus, len);
+	memcpy(estatus, src_estatus, len);
 	llist_add(&estatus_node->llnode, &ghes_estatus_llist);
-#endif
 }
 
 static int ghes_in_nmi_queue_one_entry(struct ghes *ghes,
 				       enum fixed_addresses fixmap_idx)
 {
+	struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus = ghes->estatus;
 	u64 buf_paddr;
 	int sev;
 
-	if (ghes_read_estatus(ghes, &buf_paddr, fixmap_idx)) {
-		ghes_clear_estatus(ghes, buf_paddr, fixmap_idx);
+	if (ghes_read_estatus(ghes, estatus, &buf_paddr, fixmap_idx)) {
+		ghes_clear_estatus(ghes, estatus, buf_paddr, fixmap_idx);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
-	sev = ghes_severity(ghes->estatus->error_severity);
+	sev = ghes_severity(estatus->error_severity);
 	if (sev >= GHES_SEV_PANIC) {
 		ghes_print_queued_estatus();
-		__ghes_panic(ghes, buf_paddr, fixmap_idx);
+		__ghes_panic(ghes, estatus, buf_paddr, fixmap_idx);
+
 	}
 
-	__process_error(ghes);
-	ghes_clear_estatus(ghes, buf_paddr, fixmap_idx);
+	__process_error(ghes, estatus);
+	ghes_clear_estatus(ghes, estatus, buf_paddr, fixmap_idx);
 
 	return 0;
 }