diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-internal.h b/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-internal.h
index 6e9f14c0a71b..cb4126051f62 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-internal.h
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ int apei_exec_collect_resources(struct apei_exec_context *ctx,
 struct dentry;
 struct dentry *apei_get_debugfs_dir(void);
 
-#define apei_estatus_for_each_section(estatus, section)			\
-	for (section = (struct acpi_hest_generic_data *)(estatus + 1);	\
-	     (void *)section - (void *)estatus < estatus->data_length;	\
-	     section = (void *)(section+1) + section->error_data_length)
-
 static inline u32 cper_estatus_len(struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
 {
 	if (estatus->raw_data_length)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
index 48a8f69da42a..bf3672a81e49 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
@@ -606,7 +606,6 @@ void cper_estatus_print(const char *pfx,
 			const struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
 {
 	struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata;
-	unsigned int data_len;
 	int sec_no = 0;
 	char newpfx[64];
 	__u16 severity;
@@ -617,14 +616,10 @@ void cper_estatus_print(const char *pfx,
 		       "It has been corrected by h/w "
 		       "and requires no further action");
 	printk("%s""event severity: %s\n", pfx, cper_severity_str(severity));
-	data_len = estatus->data_length;
-	gdata = (struct acpi_hest_generic_data *)(estatus + 1);
 	snprintf(newpfx, sizeof(newpfx), "%s%s", pfx, INDENT_SP);
 
-	while (data_len >= acpi_hest_get_size(gdata)) {
+	apei_estatus_for_each_section(estatus, gdata) {
 		cper_estatus_print_section(newpfx, gdata, sec_no);
-		data_len -= acpi_hest_get_record_size(gdata);
-		gdata = acpi_hest_get_next(gdata);
 		sec_no++;
 	}
 }
@@ -653,15 +648,12 @@ int cper_estatus_check(const struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 	data_len = estatus->data_length;
-	gdata = (struct acpi_hest_generic_data *)(estatus + 1);
 
-	while (data_len >= acpi_hest_get_size(gdata)) {
+	apei_estatus_for_each_section(estatus, gdata) {
 		gedata_len = acpi_hest_get_error_length(gdata);
 		if (gedata_len > data_len - acpi_hest_get_size(gdata))
 			return -EINVAL;
-
 		data_len -= acpi_hest_get_record_size(gdata);
-		gdata = acpi_hest_get_next(gdata);
 	}
 	if (data_len)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/acpi/ghes.h b/include/acpi/ghes.h
index 9f26e01186ae..9061c5c743b3 100644
--- a/include/acpi/ghes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/ghes.h
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ static inline void *acpi_hest_get_next(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata)
 	return (void *)(gdata) + acpi_hest_get_record_size(gdata);
 }
 
+#define apei_estatus_for_each_section(estatus, section)			\
+	for (section = (struct acpi_hest_generic_data *)(estatus + 1);	\
+	     (void *)section - (void *)(estatus + 1) < estatus->data_length; \
+	     section = acpi_hest_get_next(section))
+
 int ghes_notify_sea(void);
 
 #endif /* GHES_H */