diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
index 6d894bfd8b8f..f7b3b39e94fc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
@@ -1180,20 +1180,28 @@ static int __init erst_init(void)
 	if (!erst_erange.vaddr)
 		goto err_release_erange;
 
+	pr_info(ERST_PFX
+	"Error Record Serialization Table (ERST) support is initialized.\n");
+
 	buf = kmalloc(erst_erange.size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	spin_lock_init(&erst_info.buf_lock);
 	if (buf) {
 		erst_info.buf = buf + sizeof(struct cper_pstore_record);
 		erst_info.bufsize = erst_erange.size -
 				    sizeof(struct cper_pstore_record);
-		if (pstore_register(&erst_info)) {
-			pr_info(ERST_PFX "Could not register with persistent store\n");
+		rc = pstore_register(&erst_info);
+		if (rc) {
+			if (rc != -EPERM)
+				pr_info(ERST_PFX
+				"Could not register with persistent store\n");
+			erst_info.buf = NULL;
+			erst_info.bufsize = 0;
 			kfree(buf);
 		}
-	}
-
-	pr_info(ERST_PFX
-	"Error Record Serialization Table (ERST) support is initialized.\n");
+	} else
+		pr_err(ERST_PFX
+		"Failed to allocate %lld bytes for persistent store error log\n",
+		erst_erange.size);
 
 	return 0;