diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 923ffa4cbc5f..4e9ee0676b53 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -705,6 +705,11 @@ static inline void kvm_init_host_cpu_context(struct kvm_cpu_context *cpu_ctxt)
 	ctxt_sys_reg(cpu_ctxt, MPIDR_EL1) = read_cpuid_mpidr();
 }
 
+static inline bool kvm_system_needs_idmapped_vectors(void)
+{
+	return cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_SPECTRE_V3A);
+}
+
 void kvm_arm_vcpu_ptrauth_trap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 static inline void kvm_arch_hardware_unsetup(void) {}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index f3b67a40630e..67749fd3604d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -1388,10 +1388,7 @@ static int kvm_init_vector_slots(void)
 	base = kern_hyp_va(kvm_ksym_ref(__bp_harden_hyp_vecs));
 	kvm_init_vector_slot(base, HYP_VECTOR_SPECTRE_DIRECT);
 
-	if (!cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_SPECTRE_V3A))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!has_vhe()) {
+	if (kvm_system_needs_idmapped_vectors() && !has_vhe()) {
 		err = create_hyp_exec_mappings(__pa_symbol(__bp_harden_hyp_vecs),
 					       __BP_HARDEN_HYP_VECS_SZ, &base);
 		if (err)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c
index a8efdf0f9003..676a8871e30e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c
@@ -132,8 +132,10 @@ int hyp_map_vectors(void)
 	phys_addr_t phys;
 	void *bp_base;
 
-	if (!cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_SPECTRE_V3A))
+	if (!kvm_system_needs_idmapped_vectors()) {
+		__hyp_bp_vect_base = __bp_harden_hyp_vecs;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	phys = __hyp_pa(__bp_harden_hyp_vecs);
 	bp_base = (void *)__pkvm_create_private_mapping(phys,