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diff --git a/lib/efi/efi.c b/lib/efi/efi.c
index 0c16a5fdd38..69e52e45748 100644
--- a/lib/efi/efi.c
+++ b/lib/efi/efi.c
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
#include <efi_api.h>
/*
+ * Global declaration of gd.
+ *
+ * As we write to it before relocation we have to make sure it is not put into
+ * a .bss section which may overlap a .rela section. Initialization forces it
+ * into a .data section which cannot overlap any .rela section.
+ */
+struct global_data *global_data_ptr = (struct global_data *)~0;
+
+/*
* Unfortunately we cannot access any code outside what is built especially
* for the stub. lib/string.c is already being built for the U-Boot payload
* so it uses the wrong compiler flags. Add our own memset() here.