diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S
index ba84e6705e20..2b0244d65c16 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ __do_hyp_init:
 	msr	mair_el2, x4
 	isb
 
-	mov	x4, #SCTLR_EL2_FLAGS
+	mrs	x4, sctlr_el2
+	and	x4, x4, #SCTLR_EL2_EE	// preserve endianness of EL2
+	ldr	x5, =SCTLR_EL2_FLAGS
+	orr	x4, x4, x5
 	msr	sctlr_el2, x4
 	isb