diff --git a/hw/acpi/ghes-stub.c b/hw/acpi/ghes-stub.c
index 7cec1812dad9..fbabf955155a 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/ghes-stub.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/ghes-stub.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ int acpi_ghes_memory_errors(uint16_t source_id, uint64_t physical_address)
     return -1;
 }
 
-bool acpi_ghes_present(void)
+AcpiGhesState *acpi_ghes_get_state(void)
 {
-    return false;
+    return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/hw/acpi/ghes.c b/hw/acpi/ghes.c
index 961fc38ea8f5..5d29db3918dd 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/ghes.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/ghes.c
@@ -420,10 +420,6 @@ static void get_hw_error_offsets(uint64_t ghes_addr,
                                  uint64_t *cper_addr,
                                  uint64_t *read_ack_register_addr)
 {
-    if (!ghes_addr) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     /*
      * non-HEST version supports only one source, so no need to change
      * the start offset based on the source ID. Also, we can't validate
@@ -451,10 +447,6 @@ static void get_ghes_source_offsets(uint16_t source_id, uint64_t hest_addr,
     uint64_t err_source_struct, error_block_addr;
     uint32_t num_sources, i;
 
-    if (!hest_addr) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     cpu_physical_memory_read(hest_addr, &num_sources, sizeof(num_sources));
     num_sources = le32_to_cpu(num_sources);
 
@@ -513,7 +505,6 @@ void ghes_record_cper_errors(const void *cper, size_t len,
                              uint16_t source_id, Error **errp)
 {
     uint64_t cper_addr = 0, read_ack_register_addr = 0, read_ack_register;
-    AcpiGedState *acpi_ged_state;
     AcpiGhesState *ags;
 
     if (len > ACPI_GHES_MAX_RAW_DATA_LENGTH) {
@@ -521,13 +512,10 @@ void ghes_record_cper_errors(const void *cper, size_t len,
         return;
     }
 
-    acpi_ged_state = ACPI_GED(object_resolve_path_type("", TYPE_ACPI_GED,
-                                                       NULL));
-    if (!acpi_ged_state) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Can't find ACPI_GED object");
+    ags = acpi_ghes_get_state();
+    if (!ags) {
         return;
     }
-    ags = &acpi_ged_state->ghes_state;
 
     if (!ags->hest_lookup) {
         get_hw_error_offsets(le64_to_cpu(ags->hw_error_le),
@@ -537,11 +525,6 @@ void ghes_record_cper_errors(const void *cper, size_t len,
                                 &cper_addr, &read_ack_register_addr, errp);
     }
 
-    if (!cper_addr) {
-        error_setg(errp, "can not find Generic Error Status Block");
-        return;
-    }
-
     cpu_physical_memory_read(read_ack_register_addr,
                              &read_ack_register, sizeof(read_ack_register));
 
@@ -605,7 +588,7 @@ int acpi_ghes_memory_errors(uint16_t source_id, uint64_t physical_address)
     return 0;
 }
 
-bool acpi_ghes_present(void)
+AcpiGhesState *acpi_ghes_get_state(void)
 {
     AcpiGedState *acpi_ged_state;
     AcpiGhesState *ags;
@@ -614,8 +597,14 @@ bool acpi_ghes_present(void)
                                                        NULL));
 
     if (!acpi_ged_state) {
-        return false;
+        return NULL;
     }
     ags = &acpi_ged_state->ghes_state;
-    return ags->present;
+    if (!ags->present) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (!ags->hw_error_le && !ags->hest_addr_le) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return ags;
 }
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/ghes.h b/include/hw/acpi/ghes.h
index 2e8405edfe27..64fe2b5bea65 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/ghes.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/ghes.h
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ void ghes_record_cper_errors(const void *cper, size_t len,
                              uint16_t source_id, Error **errp);
 
 /**
- * acpi_ghes_present: Report whether ACPI GHES table is present
+ * acpi_ghes_get_state: Get a pointer for ACPI ghes state
  *
- * Returns: true if the system has an ACPI GHES table and it is
- * safe to call acpi_ghes_memory_errors() to record a memory error.
+ * Returns: a pointer to ghes state if the system has an ACPI GHES table,
+ * it is enabled and it is safe to call acpi_ghes_memory_errors() to record
+ * a memory error. Returns false, otherwise.
  */
-bool acpi_ghes_present(void);
+AcpiGhesState *acpi_ghes_get_state(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index da30bdbb2349..0283089713b9 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -2369,7 +2369,7 @@ void kvm_arch_on_sigbus_vcpu(CPUState *c, int code, void *addr)
 
     assert(code == BUS_MCEERR_AR || code == BUS_MCEERR_AO);
 
-    if (acpi_ghes_present() && addr) {
+    if (acpi_ghes_get_state() && addr) {
         ram_addr = qemu_ram_addr_from_host(addr);
         if (ram_addr != RAM_ADDR_INVALID &&
             kvm_physical_memory_addr_from_host(c->kvm_state, addr, &paddr)) {
