diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
index dedf9bd..f3e8431 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@
 lib-$(CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION) += tpm.o
 
 # include the stub's generic dependencies from lib/ when building for ARM/arm64
-arm-deps := fdt_rw.c fdt_ro.c fdt_wip.c fdt.c fdt_empty_tree.c fdt_sw.c sort.c
+arm-deps-y := fdt_rw.c fdt_ro.c fdt_wip.c fdt.c fdt_empty_tree.c fdt_sw.c
+arm-deps-$(CONFIG_ARM64) += sort.c
 
 $(obj)/lib-%.o: $(srctree)/lib/%.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
 
 lib-$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB)	+= arm-stub.o fdt.o string.o random.o \
-				   $(patsubst %.c,lib-%.o,$(arm-deps))
+				   $(patsubst %.c,lib-%.o,$(arm-deps-y))
 
 lib-$(CONFIG_ARM)		+= arm32-stub.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_ARM64)		+= arm64-stub.o
@@ -90,5 +91,4 @@
 # explicitly by the decompressor linker script.
 #
 STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_ARM)	+= --rename-section .data=.data.efistub
-STUBCOPY_RM-$(CONFIG_ARM)	+= -R ___ksymtab+sort -R ___kcrctab+sort
 STUBCOPY_RELOC-$(CONFIG_ARM)	:= R_ARM_ABS
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c
index 1cb2d1c..3061e40 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c
@@ -349,7 +349,9 @@
 	 * The easiest way to find adjacent regions is to sort the memory map
 	 * before traversing it.
 	 */
-	sort(memory_map, map_size / desc_size, desc_size, cmp_mem_desc, NULL);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64))
+		sort(memory_map, map_size / desc_size, desc_size, cmp_mem_desc,
+		     NULL);
 
 	for (l = 0; l < map_size; l += desc_size, prev = in) {
 		u64 paddr, size;
@@ -366,7 +368,8 @@
 		 * a 4k page size kernel to kexec a 64k page size kernel and
 		 * vice versa.
 		 */
-		if (!regions_are_adjacent(prev, in) ||
+		if ((IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64) &&
+		     !regions_are_adjacent(prev, in)) ||
 		    !regions_have_compatible_memory_type_attrs(prev, in)) {
 
 			paddr = round_down(in->phys_addr, SZ_64K);