@@ -126,6 +126,36 @@ static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
 }
 #endif
 
+static unsigned long sme_postprocess_startup(struct boot_params *bp, pmdval_t *pmd)
+{
+	unsigned long vaddr, vaddr_end;
+	int i;
+
+	/* Encrypt the kernel and related (if SME is active) */
+	sme_encrypt_kernel(bp);
+
+	/*
+	 * Clear the memory encryption mask from the .bss..decrypted section.
+	 * The bss section will be memset to zero later in the initialization so
+	 * there is no need to zero it after changing the memory encryption
+	 * attribute.
+	 */
+	if (mem_encrypt_active()) {
+		vaddr = (unsigned long)__start_bss_decrypted;
+		vaddr_end = (unsigned long)__end_bss_decrypted;
+		for (; vaddr < vaddr_end; vaddr += PMD_SIZE) {
+			i = pmd_index(vaddr);
+			pmd[i] -= sme_get_me_mask();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Return the SME encryption mask (if SME is active) to be used as a
+	 * modifier for the initial pgdir entry programmed into CR3.
+	 */
+	return sme_get_me_mask();
+}
+
 /* Code in __startup_64() can be relocated during execution, but the compiler
  * doesn't have to generate PC-relative relocations when accessing globals from
  * that function. Clang actually does not generate them, which leads to

@@ -135,7 +165,6 @@ static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
 unsigned long __head __startup_64(unsigned long physaddr,
 				  struct boot_params *bp)
 {
-	unsigned long vaddr, vaddr_end;
 	unsigned long load_delta, *p;
 	unsigned long pgtable_flags;
 	pgdval_t *pgd;

@@ -276,29 +305,7 @@ unsigned long __head __startup_64(unsigned long physaddr,
 	 */
 	*fixup_long(&phys_base, physaddr) += load_delta - sme_get_me_mask();
 
-	/* Encrypt the kernel and related (if SME is active) */
-	sme_encrypt_kernel(bp);
-
-	/*
-	 * Clear the memory encryption mask from the .bss..decrypted section.
-	 * The bss section will be memset to zero later in the initialization so
-	 * there is no need to zero it after changing the memory encryption
-	 * attribute.
-	 */
-	if (mem_encrypt_active()) {
-		vaddr = (unsigned long)__start_bss_decrypted;
-		vaddr_end = (unsigned long)__end_bss_decrypted;
-		for (; vaddr < vaddr_end; vaddr += PMD_SIZE) {
-			i = pmd_index(vaddr);
-			pmd[i] -= sme_get_me_mask();
-		}
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Return the SME encryption mask (if SME is active) to be used as a
-	 * modifier for the initial pgdir entry programmed into CR3.
-	 */
-	return sme_get_me_mask();
+	return sme_postprocess_startup(bp, pmd);
 }
 
 unsigned long __startup_secondary_64(void)