diff --git a/hw/uefi/var-service-pkcs7-stub.c b/hw/uefi/var-service-pkcs7-stub.c
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ *
+ * uefi vars device - pkcs7 stubs
+ */
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "system/dma.h"
+
+#include "hw/uefi/var-service.h"
+
+efi_status uefi_vars_check_pkcs7_2(uefi_variable *siglist,
+                                   void **digest, uint32_t *digest_size,
+                                   mm_variable_access *va, void *data)
+{
+    return EFI_WRITE_PROTECTED;
+}