diff --git a/grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c b/grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c
index 3b12c3499..60a6d3c50 100644
--- a/grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c
+++ b/grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c
@@ -803,7 +803,6 @@ grub_efidisk_get_device_name (grub_efi_handle_t *handle)
       && (GRUB_EFI_DEVICE_PATH_SUBTYPE (ldp) == GRUB_EFI_CDROM_DEVICE_PATH_SUBTYPE
 	  || GRUB_EFI_DEVICE_PATH_SUBTYPE (ldp) == GRUB_EFI_HARD_DRIVE_DEVICE_PATH_SUBTYPE))
     {
-      int is_cdrom = 0;
       struct grub_efidisk_get_device_name_ctx ctx;
       char *dev_name;
       grub_efi_device_path_t *dup_dp;
@@ -824,9 +823,6 @@ grub_efidisk_get_device_name (grub_efi_handle_t *handle)
 		    || GRUB_EFI_DEVICE_PATH_SUBTYPE (dup_ldp) == GRUB_EFI_HARD_DRIVE_DEVICE_PATH_SUBTYPE)))
 	    break;
 
-	  if (GRUB_EFI_DEVICE_PATH_SUBTYPE (dup_ldp) == GRUB_EFI_CDROM_DEVICE_PATH_SUBTYPE)
-	    is_cdrom = 1;
-
 	  dup_ldp->type = GRUB_EFI_END_DEVICE_PATH_TYPE;
 	  dup_ldp->subtype = GRUB_EFI_END_ENTIRE_DEVICE_PATH_SUBTYPE;
 	  dup_ldp->length = sizeof (*dup_ldp);
@@ -861,10 +857,13 @@ grub_efidisk_get_device_name (grub_efi_handle_t *handle)
 
 	  if (! ctx.partition_name)
 	    {
+	      /* No partition found. In most cases partition is embed in
+		 the root path anyway, so this is not critical.
+		 This happens only if partition is on partmap that GRUB
+		 doesn't need to access root.
+	       */
 	      grub_disk_close (parent);
-	      if (is_cdrom)
-		return grub_strdup (device_name);
-	      return 0;
+	      return grub_strdup (device_name);
 	    }
 
 	  dev_name = grub_xasprintf ("%s,%s", parent->name,