diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
index ef8e13d379cb..013b7de45ee7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 			 HCR_AMO | HCR_SWIO | HCR_TIDCP | HCR_RW)
 #define HCR_VIRT_EXCP_MASK (HCR_VA | HCR_VI | HCR_VF)
 #define HCR_INT_OVERRIDE   (HCR_FMO | HCR_IMO)
+#define HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS (HCR_RW)
 
 
 /* Hyp System Control Register (SCTLR_EL2) bits */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index d019c3a58cc2..0382eba4bf7b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/cputype.h>
 #include <asm/kernel-pgtable.h>
+#include <asm/kvm_arm.h>
 #include <asm/memory.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable-hwdef.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ CPU_LE(	bic	x0, x0, #(3 << 24)	)	// Clear the EE and E0E bits for EL1
 	ret
 
 	/* Hyp configuration. */
-2:	mov	x0, #(1 << 31)			// 64-bit EL1
+2:	mov_q	x0, HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS
 	msr	hcr_el2, x0
 
 	/* Generic timers. */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S
index 86c289832272..8d3da858c257 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
 .endm
 
 .macro deactivate_traps
-	mov	x2, #HCR_RW
+	mov_q	x2, HCR_HOST_NVHE_FLAGS
 	msr	hcr_el2, x2
 	msr	hstr_el2, xzr