diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.c
index 6448a8196d32..0cc1323896d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.c
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE
-
 #include "../cpuflags.c"
 
 bool has_cpuflag(int flag)
@@ -9,5 +7,3 @@ bool has_cpuflag(int flag)
 
 	return test_bit(flag, cpu.flags);
 }
-
-#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
index c0e0ffeee50a..6d31f1b4c4d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ void choose_random_location(unsigned long input,
 			    unsigned long *output,
 			    unsigned long output_size,
 			    unsigned long *virt_addr);
-/* cpuflags.c */
-bool has_cpuflag(int flag);
 #else
 static inline void choose_random_location(unsigned long input,
 					  unsigned long input_size,
@@ -97,6 +95,9 @@ static inline void choose_random_location(unsigned long input,
 }
 #endif
 
+/* cpuflags.c */
+bool has_cpuflag(int flag);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 extern int set_page_decrypted(unsigned long address);
 extern int set_page_encrypted(unsigned long address);
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev-es.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev-es.c
index 2a6c7c375244..954cb2702e23 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev-es.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev-es.c
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ void sev_es_shutdown_ghcb(void)
 	if (!boot_ghcb)
 		return;
 
+	if (!sev_es_check_cpu_features())
+		error("SEV-ES CPU Features missing.");
+
 	/*
 	 * GHCB Page must be flushed from the cache and mapped encrypted again.
 	 * Otherwise the running kernel will see strange cache effects when
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-es-shared.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-es-shared.c
index 4be8af2f9c57..5f83ccaab877 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-es-shared.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-es-shared.c
@@ -9,6 +9,21 @@
  * and is included directly into both code-bases.
  */
 
+#ifndef __BOOT_COMPRESSED
+#define error(v)	pr_err(v)
+#define has_cpuflag(f)	boot_cpu_has(f)
+#endif
+
+static bool __init sev_es_check_cpu_features(void)
+{
+	if (!has_cpuflag(X86_FEATURE_RDRAND)) {
+		error("RDRAND instruction not supported - no trusted source of randomness available\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static void sev_es_terminate(unsigned int reason)
 {
 	u64 val = GHCB_SEV_TERMINATE;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-es.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-es.c
index 8cac9f80bfc3..6fcfdd32769f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-es.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-es.c
@@ -665,6 +665,9 @@ void __init sev_es_init_vc_handling(void)
 	if (!sev_es_active())
 		return;
 
+	if (!sev_es_check_cpu_features())
+		panic("SEV-ES CPU Features missing");
+
 	/* Enable SEV-ES special handling */
 	static_branch_enable(&sev_es_enable_key);