diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/Pei/Variable.c b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/Pei/Variable.c
index e2a79a0fb3..a8132d6eaa 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/Pei/Variable.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/Pei/Variable.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ EFI_GUID mEfiVariableIndexTableGuid = EFI_VARIABLE_INDEX_TABLE_GUID;
 /**
   Provide the functionality of the variable services.
   
-  @param  FileHandle  Handle of the file being invoked. 
-                      Type EFI_PEI_FILE_HANDLE is defined in FfsFindNextFile().
+  @param  FileHandle   Handle of the file being invoked. 
+                       Type EFI_PEI_FILE_HANDLE is defined in FfsFindNextFile().
   @param  PeiServices  General purpose services available to every PEIM.
 
   @retval EFI_SUCCESS  If the interface could be successfully installed
@@ -53,9 +53,21 @@ PeimInitializeVariableServices (
   IN CONST EFI_PEI_SERVICES          **PeiServices
   )
 {
+  EFI_BOOT_MODE BootMode;
+  EFI_STATUS    Status;
+
   //
-  // Publish the variable capability to other modules
-  //
+  // Check if this is recovery boot path. If no, publish the variable access capability
+  // to other modules. If yes, the content of variable area is not reliable. Therefore,
+  // in this case we should not provide variable service to other pei modules. 
+  // 
+  Status = (*PeiServices)->GetBootMode (PeiServices, &BootMode);
+  ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status);
+  
+  if (BootMode == BOOT_IN_RECOVERY_MODE) {
+    return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
+  }
+
   return PeiServicesInstallPpi (&mPpiListVariable);
 
 }