diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mem_encrypt.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mem_encrypt.S
index ebc4a29fb18a..c1e81a848b2a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mem_encrypt.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mem_encrypt.S
@@ -139,6 +139,26 @@ SYM_CODE_START(startup32_vc_handler)
 	jnz	.Lfail
 	movl	%edx, 0(%esp)		# Store result
 
+	/*
+	 * Sanity check CPUID results from the Hypervisor. See comment in
+	 * do_vc_no_ghcb() for more details on why this is necessary.
+	 */
+
+	/* Fail if SEV leaf not available in CPUID[0x80000000].EAX */
+	cmpl    $0x80000000, %ebx
+	jne     .Lcheck_sev
+	cmpl    $0x8000001f, 12(%esp)
+	jb      .Lfail
+	jmp     .Ldone
+
+.Lcheck_sev:
+	/* Fail if SEV bit not set in CPUID[0x8000001f].EAX[1] */
+	cmpl    $0x8000001f, %ebx
+	jne     .Ldone
+	btl     $1, 12(%esp)
+	jnc     .Lfail
+
+.Ldone:
 	popl	%edx
 	popl	%ecx
 	popl	%ebx
@@ -152,6 +172,14 @@ SYM_CODE_START(startup32_vc_handler)
 
 	iret
 .Lfail:
+	/* Send terminate request to Hypervisor */
+	movl    $0x100, %eax
+	xorl    %edx, %edx
+	movl    $MSR_AMD64_SEV_ES_GHCB, %ecx
+	wrmsr
+	rep; vmmcall
+
+	/* If request fails, go to hlt loop */
 	hlt
 	jmp .Lfail
 SYM_CODE_END(startup32_vc_handler)