diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
index 77873ce700ae..5f2eb3231607 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static void __init __map_region(efi_memory_desc_t *md, u64 va)
 	if (!(md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_WB))
 		flags |= _PAGE_PCD;
 
-	if (sev_active())
+	if (sev_active() && md->type != EFI_MEMORY_MAPPED_IO)
 		flags |= _PAGE_ENC;
 
 	pfn = md->phys_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;