diff --git a/grub-core/kern/efi/init.c b/grub-core/kern/efi/init.c
index 6fe1ff8c8..e759cc315 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/efi/init.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/efi/init.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ stack_protector_init (void)
 
 grub_addr_t grub_modbase;
 
-void
+__attribute__ ((__optimize__ ("-fno-stack-protector"))) void
 grub_efi_init (void)
 {
   grub_modbase = grub_efi_section_addr ("mods");