diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
index 3a63a1f75f..b0d6fff67c 100644
--- a/include/efi_loader.h
+++ b/include/efi_loader.h
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ enum efi_object_type {
  * @protocols:	linked list with the protocol interfaces installed on this
  *		handle
  * @type:	image type if the handle relates to an image
+ * @dev:	pointer to the DM device which is associated with this EFI handle
  *
  * UEFI offers a flexible and expandable object model. The objects in the UEFI
  * API are devices, drivers, and loaded images. struct efi_object is our storage
@@ -392,6 +393,7 @@ struct efi_object {
 	/* The list of protocols */
 	struct list_head protocols;
 	enum efi_object_type type;
+	struct udevice *dev;
 };
 
 enum efi_image_auth_status {
@@ -690,6 +692,8 @@ struct efi_device_path *efi_get_dp_from_boot(const efi_guid_t guid);
 const char *guid_to_sha_str(const efi_guid_t *guid);
 int algo_to_len(const char *algo);
 
+int efi_link_dev(efi_handle_t handle, struct udevice *dev);
+
 /**
  * efi_size_in_pages() - convert size in bytes to size in pages
  *
diff --git a/lib/efi_driver/efi_block_device.c b/lib/efi_driver/efi_block_device.c
index 5baa6f87a3..d57d281f85 100644
--- a/lib/efi_driver/efi_block_device.c
+++ b/lib/efi_driver/efi_block_device.c
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ static int efi_bl_bind(efi_handle_t handle, void *interface)
 	 * FIXME: necessary because we won't do almost nothing in
 	 * efi_disk_create() when called from device_probe().
 	 */
-	ret = dev_tag_set_ptr(bdev, DM_TAG_EFI, handle);
-	if (ret)
+	if (efi_link_dev(handle, bdev))
 		/* FIXME: cleanup for bdev */
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c
index 1d700b2a6b..16d14b0429 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ struct efi_disk_obj {
 	struct efi_device_path *dp;
 	unsigned int part;
 	struct efi_simple_file_system_protocol *volume;
-	struct udevice *dev; /* TODO: move it to efi_object */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -124,16 +123,16 @@ static efi_status_t efi_disk_rw_blocks(struct efi_block_io *this,
 		return EFI_BAD_BUFFER_SIZE;
 
 	if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(PARTITIONS) &&
-	    device_get_uclass_id(diskobj->dev) == UCLASS_PARTITION) {
+	    device_get_uclass_id(diskobj->header.dev) == UCLASS_PARTITION) {
 		if (direction == EFI_DISK_READ)
-			n = dev_read(diskobj->dev, lba, blocks, buffer);
+			n = dev_read(diskobj->header.dev, lba, blocks, buffer);
 		else
-			n = dev_write(diskobj->dev, lba, blocks, buffer);
+			n = dev_write(diskobj->header.dev, lba, blocks, buffer);
 	} else {
 		/* dev is a block device (UCLASS_BLK) */
 		struct blk_desc *desc;
 
-		desc = dev_get_uclass_plat(diskobj->dev);
+		desc = dev_get_uclass_plat(diskobj->header.dev);
 		if (direction == EFI_DISK_READ)
 			n = blk_dread(desc, lba, blocks, buffer);
 		else
@@ -552,8 +551,7 @@ static int efi_disk_create_raw(struct udevice *dev)
 
 		return -1;
 	}
-	disk->dev = dev;
-	if (dev_tag_set_ptr(dev, DM_TAG_EFI, &disk->header)) {
+	if (efi_link_dev(&disk->header, dev)) {
 		efi_free_pool(disk->dp);
 		efi_delete_handle(&disk->header);
 
@@ -609,8 +607,7 @@ static int efi_disk_create_part(struct udevice *dev)
 		log_err("Adding partition for %s failed\n", dev->name);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	disk->dev = dev;
-	if (dev_tag_set_ptr(dev, DM_TAG_EFI, &disk->header)) {
+	if (efi_link_dev(&disk->header, dev)) {
 		efi_free_pool(disk->dp);
 		efi_delete_handle(&disk->header);
 
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c
index c4499f65ee..8ed564e261 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c
@@ -158,3 +158,16 @@ int algo_to_len(const char *algo)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/** efi_link_dev - link the efi_handle_t and udevice
+ *
+ * @handle:	efi handle to associate with udevice
+ * @dev:	udevice to associate with efi handle
+ *
+ * Return:	0 on success, negative on failure
+ */
+int efi_link_dev(efi_handle_t handle, struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	handle->dev = dev;
+	return dev_tag_set_ptr(dev, DM_TAG_EFI, handle);
+}
