diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c index 6395bfd87b68..d87c6ff1f513 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c @@ -1234,10 +1234,6 @@ void setup_ghcb(void) if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_STATE_ENCRYPT)) return; - /* First make sure the hypervisor talks a supported protocol. */ - if (!sev_es_negotiate_protocol()) - sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SEV_ES_GEN_REQ); - /* * Check whether the runtime #VC exception handler is active. It uses * the per-CPU GHCB page which is set up by sev_es_init_vc_handling(). @@ -1254,6 +1250,13 @@ void setup_ghcb(void) return; } + /* + * Make sure the hypervisor talks a supported protocol. + * This gets called only in the BSP boot phase. + */ + if (!sev_es_negotiate_protocol()) + sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SEV_ES_GEN_REQ); + /* * Clear the boot_ghcb. The first exception comes in before the bss * section is cleared.