diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
index f3854d9b5e31..9a4746302d8d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -304,6 +304,15 @@ lr	.req	x30		// link register
 	.endm
 
 /*
+ * Generate the initial sctlr_el1 value for el2_setup to set if we boot at EL2.
+ */
+	.macro init_sctlr_el1 reg
+		mov	\reg, #0x0800		// Set/clear RES{1,0} bits
+CPU_BE(		movk	\reg, #0x33d0, lsl #16)	// Set EE and E0E on BE systems
+CPU_LE(		movk	\reg, #0x30d0, lsl #16)	// Clear EE and E0E on LE systems
+	.endm
+
+/*
  * Annotate a function as position independent, i.e., safe to be called before
  * the kernel virtual mapping is activated.
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
index 07ac4351538e..8973715e582e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -188,6 +188,6 @@ static inline void spin_lock_prefetch(const void *x)
 
 void cpu_enable_pan(void *__unused);
 
-int el2_setup(void);
+int el2_setup(unsigned long init_sctlr_el1);
 
 #endif /* __ASM_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 5894c7e91e6b..4926093461e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ section_table:
 
 ENTRY(stext)
 	bl	preserve_boot_args
+	init_sctlr_el1	x0
 	bl	el2_setup			// Drop to EL1, w0=cpu_boot_mode
 	adrp	x24, __PHYS_OFFSET
 	bl	set_cpu_boot_mode_flag
@@ -448,8 +449,12 @@ ENDPROC(__mmap_switched)
  *
  * Returns either BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL1 or BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2 if booted in
  * EL1 or EL2 respectively.
+ *
+ * If booted in EL2, SCTLR_EL1 will be initialised with the value in x0
+ * (otherwise the existing value will be preserved, with endian correction).
  */
 ENTRY(el2_setup)
+	mov	x1, x0				// preserve passed-in sctlr_el1
 	mrs	x0, CurrentEL
 	cmp	x0, #CurrentEL_EL2
 	b.ne	1f
@@ -458,7 +463,7 @@ CPU_BE(	orr	x0, x0, #(1 << 25)	)	// Set the EE bit for EL2
 CPU_LE(	bic	x0, x0, #(1 << 25)	)	// Clear the EE bit for EL2
 	msr	sctlr_el2, x0
 	b	2f
-1:	mrs	x0, sctlr_el1
+1:	mrs	x0, sctlr_el1			// ignore passed-in sctlr_el1
 CPU_BE(	orr	x0, x0, #(3 << 24)	)	// Set the EE and E0E bits for EL1
 CPU_LE(	bic	x0, x0, #(3 << 24)	)	// Clear the EE and E0E bits for EL1
 	msr	sctlr_el1, x0
@@ -494,6 +499,10 @@ CPU_LE(	bic	x0, x0, #(3 << 24)	)	// Clear the EE and E0E bits for EL1
 
 3:
 #endif
+	/* use sctlr_el1 value we were provided with */
+CPU_BE(	orr	x1, x1, #(3 << 24)	)	// Set the EE and E0E bits for EL1
+CPU_LE(	bic	x1, x1, #(3 << 24)	)	// Clear the EE and E0E bits for EL1
+	msr	sctlr_el1, x1
 
 	/* Populate ID registers. */
 	mrs	x0, midr_el1
@@ -501,12 +510,6 @@ CPU_LE(	bic	x0, x0, #(3 << 24)	)	// Clear the EE and E0E bits for EL1
 	msr	vpidr_el2, x0
 	msr	vmpidr_el2, x1
 
-	/* sctlr_el1 */
-	mov	x0, #0x0800			// Set/clear RES{1,0} bits
-CPU_BE(	movk	x0, #0x33d0, lsl #16	)	// Set EE and E0E on BE systems
-CPU_LE(	movk	x0, #0x30d0, lsl #16	)	// Clear EE and E0E on LE systems
-	msr	sctlr_el1, x0
-
 	/* Coprocessor traps. */
 	mov	x0, #0x33ff
 	msr	cptr_el2, x0			// Disable copro. traps to EL2
@@ -576,6 +579,7 @@ ENTRY(__boot_cpu_mode)
 	 * cores are held until we're ready for them to initialise.
 	 */
 ENTRY(secondary_holding_pen)
+	init_sctlr_el1	x0
 	bl	el2_setup			// Drop to EL1, w0=cpu_boot_mode
 	bl	set_cpu_boot_mode_flag
 	mrs	x0, mpidr_el1
@@ -594,6 +598,7 @@ ENDPROC(secondary_holding_pen)
 	 * be used where CPUs are brought online dynamically by the kernel.
 	 */
 ENTRY(secondary_entry)
+	init_sctlr_el1	x0
 	bl	el2_setup			// Drop to EL1
 	bl	set_cpu_boot_mode_flag
 	b	secondary_startup
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S
index 0e2b36f1fb44..5c66252d2b9f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ ENDPROC(__cpu_suspend_enter)
 	.ltorg
 
 ENTRY(cpu_resume)
+	init_sctlr_el1	x0
 	bl	el2_setup		// if in EL2 drop to EL1 cleanly
 	/* enable the MMU early - so we can access sleep_save_stash by va */
 	adr_l	lr, __enable_mmu	/* __cpu_setup will return here */
