diff --git a/grub-core/commands/efi/tpm.c b/grub-core/commands/efi/tpm.c
index ae09c1bf8..e1f343fea 100644
--- a/grub-core/commands/efi/tpm.c
+++ b/grub-core/commands/efi/tpm.c
@@ -287,3 +287,40 @@ grub_tpm_measure (unsigned char *buf, grub_size_t size, grub_uint8_t pcr,
   else
     return grub_tpm2_log_event (tpm_handle, buf, size, pcr, description);
 }
+
+int
+grub_tpm_present (void)
+{
+  grub_efi_handle_t tpm_handle;
+  grub_efi_uint8_t protocol_version;
+
+  if (!grub_tpm_handle_find (&tpm_handle, &protocol_version))
+    return 0;
+
+  if (protocol_version == 1)
+    {
+      grub_efi_tpm_protocol_t *tpm;
+
+      tpm = grub_efi_open_protocol (tpm_handle, &tpm_guid,
+				    GRUB_EFI_OPEN_PROTOCOL_GET_PROTOCOL);
+      if (!tpm)
+	{
+	  grub_dprintf ("tpm", "Cannot open TPM protocol\n");
+	  return 0;
+	}
+      return grub_tpm1_present (tpm);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      grub_efi_tpm2_protocol_t *tpm;
+
+      tpm = grub_efi_open_protocol (tpm_handle, &tpm2_guid,
+				    GRUB_EFI_OPEN_PROTOCOL_GET_PROTOCOL);
+      if (!tpm)
+	{
+	  grub_dprintf ("tpm", "Cannot open TPM protocol\n");
+	  return 0;
+	}
+      return grub_tpm2_present (tpm);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/grub-core/commands/ieee1275/ibmvtpm.c b/grub-core/commands/ieee1275/ibmvtpm.c
index 239942d27..a6fee5c51 100644
--- a/grub-core/commands/ieee1275/ibmvtpm.c
+++ b/grub-core/commands/ieee1275/ibmvtpm.c
@@ -135,16 +135,6 @@ grub_err_t
 grub_tpm_measure (unsigned char *buf, grub_size_t size, grub_uint8_t pcr,
 		  const char *description)
 {
-  /*
-   * Call tpm_init() 'late' rather than from GRUB_MOD_INIT() so that device nodes
-   * can be found.
-   */
-  grub_err_t err = tpm_init ();
-
-  /* Absence of a TPM isn't a failure. */
-  if (err != GRUB_ERR_NONE)
-    return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
-
   grub_dprintf ("tpm", "log_event, pcr = %d, size = 0x%" PRIxGRUB_SIZE ", %s\n",
 		pcr, size, description);
 
@@ -153,3 +143,13 @@ grub_tpm_measure (unsigned char *buf, grub_size_t size, grub_uint8_t pcr,
 
   return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
 }
+
+int
+grub_tpm_present (void)
+{
+  /*
+   * Call tpm_init() "late" rather than from GRUB_MOD_INIT() so that device nodes
+   * can be found.
+   */
+  return tpm_init() == GRUB_ERR_NONE;
+}
diff --git a/grub-core/commands/tpm.c b/grub-core/commands/tpm.c
index 3437e8e03..9f830916d 100644
--- a/grub-core/commands/tpm.c
+++ b/grub-core/commands/tpm.c
@@ -103,10 +103,20 @@ struct grub_file_verifier grub_tpm_verifier = {
 
 GRUB_MOD_INIT (tpm)
 {
+  /*
+   * Even though this now calls ibmvtpm's grub_tpm_present() from GRUB_MOD_INIT(),
+   * it does seem to call it late enough in the initialization sequence so
+   * that whatever discovered "device nodes" before this GRUB_MOD_INIT() is
+   * called, enables the ibmvtpm driver to see the device nodes.
+   */
+  if (!grub_tpm_present())
+    return;
   grub_verifier_register (&grub_tpm_verifier);
 }
 
 GRUB_MOD_FINI (tpm)
 {
+  if (!grub_tpm_present())
+    return;
   grub_verifier_unregister (&grub_tpm_verifier);
 }
diff --git a/include/grub/tpm.h b/include/grub/tpm.h
index 5c285cbc5..c19fcbd0a 100644
--- a/include/grub/tpm.h
+++ b/include/grub/tpm.h
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@
 
 grub_err_t grub_tpm_measure (unsigned char *buf, grub_size_t size,
 			     grub_uint8_t pcr, const char *description);
+int grub_tpm_present (void);
 #endif