diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
index d4a5fca984c3..ab24d9e7eef1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
@@ -579,9 +579,6 @@
 #define SCTLR_ELx_A	(BIT(1))
 #define SCTLR_ELx_M	(BIT(0))
 
-#define SCTLR_ELx_FLAGS	(SCTLR_ELx_M  | SCTLR_ELx_A | SCTLR_ELx_C | \
-			 SCTLR_ELx_SA | SCTLR_ELx_I | SCTLR_ELx_IESB)
-
 /* SCTLR_EL2 specific flags. */
 #define SCTLR_EL2_RES1	((BIT(4))  | (BIT(5))  | (BIT(11)) | (BIT(16)) | \
 			 (BIT(18)) | (BIT(22)) | (BIT(23)) | (BIT(28)) | \
@@ -593,6 +590,10 @@
 #define ENDIAN_SET_EL2		0
 #endif
 
+#define INIT_SCTLR_EL2_MMU_ON						\
+	(SCTLR_ELx_M  | SCTLR_ELx_C | SCTLR_ELx_SA | SCTLR_ELx_I |	\
+	 SCTLR_ELx_IESB | ENDIAN_SET_EL2 | SCTLR_EL2_RES1)
+
 #define INIT_SCTLR_EL2_MMU_OFF \
 	(SCTLR_EL2_RES1 | ENDIAN_SET_EL2)
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S
index 4eb584ae13d9..2e16b2098bbd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S
@@ -117,13 +117,7 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 	tlbi	alle2
 	dsb	sy
 
-	/*
-	 * Preserve all the RES1 bits while setting the default flags,
-	 * as well as the EE bit on BE. Drop the A flag since the compiler
-	 * is allowed to generate unaligned accesses.
-	 */
-	mov_q	x0, (SCTLR_EL2_RES1 | (SCTLR_ELx_FLAGS & ~SCTLR_ELx_A))
-CPU_BE(	orr	x0, x0, #SCTLR_ELx_EE)
+	mov_q	x0, INIT_SCTLR_EL2_MMU_ON
 alternative_if ARM64_HAS_ADDRESS_AUTH
 	mov_q	x1, (SCTLR_ELx_ENIA | SCTLR_ELx_ENIB | \
 		     SCTLR_ELx_ENDA | SCTLR_ELx_ENDB)