diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_esrt.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_esrt.c
index dafd447b6d7..443bd999ce1 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_esrt.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_esrt.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_esrt_populate(void)
 		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 			EFI_PRINT("ESRT Unable to find FMP handle (%u)\n",
 				  idx);
-			goto out;
+			continue;
 		}
 		fmp = handler->protocol_interface;
 
@@ -379,15 +379,14 @@ efi_status_t efi_esrt_populate(void)
 			 * fmp->get_image_info to return BUFFER_TO_SMALL.
 			 */
 			EFI_PRINT("ESRT erroneous FMP implementation\n");
-			ret = EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
-			goto out;
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		ret = efi_allocate_pool(EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA, info_size,
 					(void **)&img_info);
 		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 			EFI_PRINT("ESRT failed to allocate memory for image info\n");
-			goto out;
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -405,7 +404,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_esrt_populate(void)
 		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 			EFI_PRINT("ESRT failed to obtain image info from FMP\n");
 			efi_free_pool(img_info);
-			goto out;
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		num_entries += desc_count;
@@ -413,6 +412,13 @@ efi_status_t efi_esrt_populate(void)
 		efi_free_pool(img_info);
 	}
 
+	/* error occurs in fmp->get_image_info() if num_entries is 0 here */
+	if (!num_entries) {
+		EFI_PRINT("Error occurs, num_entries should not be 0\n");
+		ret = EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	EFI_PRINT("ESRT create table with %u entries\n", num_entries);
 	/*
 	 * Allocate an ESRT with the sufficient number of entries to accommodate
@@ -436,7 +442,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_esrt_populate(void)
 		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 			EFI_PRINT("ESRT unable to find FMP handle (%u)\n",
 				  idx);
-			break;
+			continue;
 		}
 		fmp = handler->protocol_interface;