diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 9ef84d0def9a..9f4491d16cfb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1137,6 +1137,26 @@ static void __init setup_elf_hwcaps(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *hwcaps)
 			cap_set_elf_hwcap(hwcaps);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if the current CPU has a given feature capability.
+ * Should be called from non-preemptible context.
+ */
+static bool __this_cpu_has_cap(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *cap_array,
+			       unsigned int cap)
+{
+	const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(preemptible()))
+		return false;
+
+	for (caps = cap_array; caps->desc; caps++)
+		if (caps->capability == cap &&
+		    caps->matches &&
+		    caps->matches(caps, SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU))
+			return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 void update_cpu_capabilities(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps,
 			    const char *info)
 {
@@ -1200,8 +1220,9 @@ verify_local_elf_hwcaps(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps)
 }
 
 static void
-verify_local_cpu_features(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps)
+verify_local_cpu_features(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps_list)
 {
+	const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps = caps_list;
 	for (; caps->matches; caps++) {
 		if (!cpus_have_cap(caps->capability))
 			continue;
@@ -1209,7 +1230,7 @@ verify_local_cpu_features(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps)
 		 * If the new CPU misses an advertised feature, we cannot proceed
 		 * further, park the cpu.
 		 */
-		if (!caps->matches(caps, SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU)) {
+		if (!__this_cpu_has_cap(caps_list, caps->capability)) {
 			pr_crit("CPU%d: missing feature: %s\n",
 					smp_processor_id(), caps->desc);
 			cpu_die_early();
@@ -1291,25 +1312,6 @@ 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.
- */
-static bool __this_cpu_has_cap(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *cap_array,
-			       unsigned int cap)
-{
-	const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps;
-
-	if (WARN_ON(preemptible()))
-		return false;
-
-	for (caps = cap_array; caps->desc; caps++)
-		if (caps->capability == cap && caps->matches)
-			return caps->matches(caps, SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU);
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 extern const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_errata[];
 
 bool this_cpu_has_cap(unsigned int cap)