diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index bf7a6f994a3cf8bd14161c88a132f634867b5203..6e51c1e81f143bd8f44abe1b01bb1915fb584e93 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -773,6 +773,8 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id, int count,
 {
 	char name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
 	efi_char16_t efi_name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
+	char name_old[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
+	efi_char16_t efi_name_old[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
 	efi_guid_t vendor = LINUX_EFI_CRASH_GUID;
 	struct efivars *efivars = psi->data;
 	struct efivar_entry *entry, *found = NULL;
@@ -796,8 +798,22 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id, int count,
 		if (efi_guidcmp(entry->var.VendorGuid, vendor))
 			continue;
 		if (utf16_strncmp(entry->var.VariableName, efi_name,
-				  utf16_strlen(efi_name)))
-			continue;
+				  utf16_strlen(efi_name))) {
+			/*
+			 * Check if an old format,
+			 * which doesn't support holding
+			 * multiple logs, remains.
+			 */
+			sprintf(name_old, "dump-type%u-%u-%lu", type,
+				(unsigned int)id, time.tv_sec);
+
+			for (i = 0; i < DUMP_NAME_LEN; i++)
+				efi_name_old[i] = name_old[i];
+
+			if (utf16_strncmp(entry->var.VariableName, efi_name_old,
+					  utf16_strlen(efi_name_old)))
+				continue;
+		}
 
 		/* found */
 		found = entry;