diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Disk/PartitionDxe/Partition.c b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Disk/PartitionDxe/Partition.c
index 28639b0117..89cc540210 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Disk/PartitionDxe/Partition.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Disk/PartitionDxe/Partition.c
@@ -576,11 +576,15 @@ ProbeMediaStatus (
   )
 {
   EFI_STATUS                 Status;
+  UINT8                      Buffer[1];
 
   //
-  // Read 1 byte from offset 0 but passing NULL as buffer pointer
+  // Read 1 byte from offset 0 to check if the MediaId is still valid.
+  // The reading operation is synchronious thus it is not worth it to
+  // allocate a buffer from the pool. The destination buffer for the
+  // data is in the stack.
   //
-  Status = DiskIo->ReadDisk (DiskIo, MediaId, 0, 1, NULL);
+  Status = DiskIo->ReadDisk (DiskIo, MediaId, 0, 1, (VOID*)Buffer);
   if ((Status == EFI_NO_MEDIA) || (Status == EFI_MEDIA_CHANGED)) {
     return Status;
   }