diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
index b23a271c6ae52f4f7460dd905b73322b18b41d63..096adcbcb5a99720c77bc69af458bf5f9628dbd4 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ sanity_check(struct efi_variable *var, efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor,
 
 static inline bool is_compat(void)
 {
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) && is_compat_task())
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) && in_compat_syscall())
 		return true;
 
 	return false;