diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
index 4d82e622240d..cf40d19a72f8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static __always_inline bool vcpu_el1_is_32bit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 static inline void vcpu_reset_hcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	vcpu->arch.hcr_el2 = HCR_GUEST_FLAGS;
-	if (is_kernel_in_hyp_mode())
+	if (has_vhe() || has_hvhe())
 		vcpu->arch.hcr_el2 |= HCR_E2H;
 	if (cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_HAS_RAS_EXTN)) {
 		/* route synchronous external abort exceptions to EL2 */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
index 5d5ee735a7d9..8033ef353a5d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ static void pvm_init_traps_aa64pfr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(!FIELD_GET(ARM64_FEATURE_MASK(ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_AdvSIMD),
 				PVM_ID_AA64PFR0_ALLOW));
 
+	if (has_hvhe())
+		hcr_set |= HCR_E2H;
+
 	/* Trap RAS unless all current versions are supported */
 	if (FIELD_GET(ARM64_FEATURE_MASK(ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_RAS), feature_ids) <
 	    ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_RAS_V1P1) {