diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index a49ee01242ff..e80cfc18412b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #ifndef __ARM_KVM_HOST_H__
 #define __ARM_KVM_HOST_H__
 
+#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_types.h>
 #include <asm/cputype.h>
@@ -411,4 +412,7 @@ static inline int kvm_arm_setup_stage2(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#define kvm_arm_vcpu_finalize(vcpu, what) (-EINVAL)
+#define kvm_arm_vcpu_is_finalized(vcpu) true
+
 #endif /* __ARM_KVM_HOST_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 3e8950942591..98658f7dad68 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define __ARM64_KVM_HOST_H__
 
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_types.h>
@@ -625,4 +626,7 @@ void kvm_arch_free_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
 
 int kvm_arm_setup_stage2(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type);
 
+#define kvm_arm_vcpu_finalize(vcpu, what) (-EINVAL)
+#define kvm_arm_vcpu_is_finalized(vcpu) true
+
 #endif /* __ARM64_KVM_HOST_H__ */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index dc77a5a3648d..c3b8e7a31315 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -1441,6 +1441,9 @@ struct kvm_enc_region {
 /* Available with KVM_CAP_HYPERV_CPUID */
 #define KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID _IOWR(KVMIO, 0xc1, struct kvm_cpuid2)
 
+/* Available with KVM_CAP_ARM_SVE */
+#define KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE	  _IOW(KVMIO,  0xc2, int)
+
 /* Secure Encrypted Virtualization command */
 enum sev_cmd_id {
 	/* Guest initialization commands */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
index c69e1370a5dc..9edbf0f676e7 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
@@ -545,6 +545,9 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_first_run_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (likely(vcpu->arch.has_run_once))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_is_finalized(vcpu))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	vcpu->arch.has_run_once = true;
 
 	if (likely(irqchip_in_kernel(kvm))) {
@@ -1116,6 +1119,10 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		if (unlikely(!kvm_vcpu_initialized(vcpu)))
 			break;
 
+		r = -EPERM;
+		if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_is_finalized(vcpu))
+			break;
+
 		r = -EFAULT;
 		if (copy_from_user(&reg_list, user_list, sizeof(reg_list)))
 			break;
@@ -1169,6 +1176,17 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 
 		return kvm_arm_vcpu_set_events(vcpu, &events);
 	}
+	case KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE: {
+		int what;
+
+		if (!kvm_vcpu_initialized(vcpu))
+			return -ENOEXEC;
+
+		if (get_user(what, (const int __user *)argp))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		return kvm_arm_vcpu_finalize(vcpu, what);
+	}
 	default:
 		r = -EINVAL;
 	}