diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index af647ea938b2..1f74e8fd3bd7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -2236,6 +2236,17 @@ static int pkvm_drop_host_privileges(void)
 	 * once the host stage 2 is installed.
 	 */
 	static_branch_enable(&kvm_protected_mode_initialized);
+
+	/*
+	 * Fixup the boot mode so that we don't take spurious round
+	 * trips via EL2 on cpu_resume. Flush to the PoC for a good
+	 * measure, so that it can be observed by a CPU coming out of
+	 * suspend with the MMU off.
+	 */
+	__boot_cpu_mode[0] = __boot_cpu_mode[1] = BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL1;
+	dcache_clean_poc((unsigned long)__boot_cpu_mode,
+			 (unsigned long)(__boot_cpu_mode + 2));
+
 	on_each_cpu(_kvm_host_prot_finalize, &ret, 1);
 	return ret;
 }