diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index e7f84a7b4465..428ee1f2468c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ struct arm64_cpu_capabilities {
 
 extern DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_hwcaps, ARM64_NCAPS);
 extern struct static_key_false cpu_hwcap_keys[ARM64_NCAPS];
+extern struct static_key_false arm64_const_caps_ready;
 
 bool this_cpu_has_cap(unsigned int cap);
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ static inline bool cpu_have_feature(unsigned int num)
 }
 
 /* System capability check for constant caps */
-static inline bool cpus_have_const_cap(int num)
+static inline bool __cpus_have_const_cap(int num)
 {
 	if (num >= ARM64_NCAPS)
 		return false;
@@ -138,6 +139,14 @@ static inline bool cpus_have_cap(unsigned int num)
 	return test_bit(num, cpu_hwcaps);
 }
 
+static inline bool cpus_have_const_cap(int num)
+{
+	if (static_branch_likely(&arm64_const_caps_ready))
+		return __cpus_have_const_cap(num);
+	else
+		return cpus_have_cap(num);
+}
+
 static inline void cpus_set_cap(unsigned int num)
 {
 	if (num >= ARM64_NCAPS) {
@@ -145,7 +154,6 @@ static inline void cpus_set_cap(unsigned int num)
 			num, ARM64_NCAPS);
 	} else {
 		__set_bit(num, cpu_hwcaps);
-		static_branch_enable(&cpu_hwcap_keys[num]);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 5e19165c5fa8..1f252a95bc02 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_types.h>
+#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm/kvm.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_asm.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_mmio.h>
@@ -355,9 +356,12 @@ static inline void __cpu_init_hyp_mode(phys_addr_t pgd_ptr,
 				       unsigned long vector_ptr)
 {
 	/*
-	 * Call initialization code, and switch to the full blown
-	 * HYP code.
+	 * Call initialization code, and switch to the full blown HYP code.
+	 * If the cpucaps haven't been finalized yet, something has gone very
+	 * wrong, and hyp will crash and burn when it uses any
+	 * cpus_have_const_cap() wrapper.
 	 */
+	BUG_ON(!static_branch_likely(&arm64_const_caps_ready));
 	__kvm_call_hyp((void *)pgd_ptr, hyp_stack_ptr, vector_ptr);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 94b8f7fc3310..817ce3365e20 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -985,8 +985,16 @@ void update_cpu_capabilities(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps,
  */
 void __init enable_cpu_capabilities(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps)
 {
-	for (; caps->matches; caps++)
-		if (caps->enable && cpus_have_cap(caps->capability))
+	for (; caps->matches; caps++) {
+		unsigned int num = caps->capability;
+
+		if (!cpus_have_cap(num))
+			continue;
+
+		/* Ensure cpus_have_const_cap(num) works */
+		static_branch_enable(&cpu_hwcap_keys[num]);
+
+		if (caps->enable) {
 			/*
 			 * Use stop_machine() as it schedules the work allowing
 			 * us to modify PSTATE, instead of on_each_cpu() which
@@ -994,6 +1002,8 @@ void __init enable_cpu_capabilities(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps)
 			 * we return.
 			 */
 			stop_machine(caps->enable, NULL, cpu_online_mask);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1096,6 +1106,14 @@ static void __init setup_feature_capabilities(void)
 	enable_cpu_capabilities(arm64_features);
 }
 
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(arm64_const_caps_ready);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(arm64_const_caps_ready);
+
+static void __init mark_const_caps_ready(void)
+{
+	static_branch_enable(&arm64_const_caps_ready);
+}
+
 /*
  * Check if the current CPU has a given feature capability.
  * Should be called from non-preemptible context.
@@ -1131,6 +1149,7 @@ void __init setup_cpu_features(void)
 	/* Set the CPU feature capabilies */
 	setup_feature_capabilities();
 	enable_errata_workarounds();
+	mark_const_caps_ready();
 	setup_elf_hwcaps(arm64_elf_hwcaps);
 
 	if (system_supports_32bit_el0())