diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
index 6c80b3699cb8..7393cc767edb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@
 #define SCTLR_ELx_A	(1 << 1)
 #define SCTLR_ELx_M	1
 
+#define SCTLR_EL2_RES1	((1 << 4)  | (1 << 5)  | (1 << 11) | (1 << 16) | \
+			 (1 << 16) | (1 << 18) | (1 << 22) | (1 << 23) | \
+			 (1 << 28) | (1 << 29))
+
 #define SCTLR_ELx_FLAGS	(SCTLR_ELx_M | SCTLR_ELx_A | SCTLR_ELx_C | \
 			 SCTLR_ELx_SA | SCTLR_ELx_I)
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S
index 6b29d3d9e1f2..4e460d973560 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@ __do_hyp_init:
 	tlbi	alle2
 	dsb	sy
 
-	mrs	x4, sctlr_el2
-	and	x4, x4, #SCTLR_ELx_EE	// preserve endianness of EL2
-	ldr	x5, =SCTLR_ELx_FLAGS
-	orr	x4, x4, x5
+	/*
+	 * Preserve all the RES1 bits while setting the default flags,
+	 * as well as the EE bit on BE.
+	 */
+	ldr	x4, =(SCTLR_EL2_RES1 | SCTLR_ELx_FLAGS)
+CPU_BE(	orr	x4, x4, #SCTLR_ELx_EE)
 	msr	sctlr_el2, x4
 	isb