diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 7c49b938fe7b..c9711b504e8f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -2685,7 +2685,7 @@ static void check_early_cpu_features(void)
 }
 
 static void
-verify_local_elf_hwcaps(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps)
+__verify_local_elf_hwcaps(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps)
 {
 
 	for (; caps->matches; caps++)
@@ -2696,6 +2696,14 @@ verify_local_elf_hwcaps(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps)
 		}
 }
 
+static void verify_local_elf_hwcaps(void)
+{
+	__verify_local_elf_hwcaps(arm64_elf_hwcaps);
+
+	if (id_aa64pfr0_32bit_el0(read_cpuid(ID_AA64PFR0_EL1)))
+		__verify_local_elf_hwcaps(compat_elf_hwcaps);
+}
+
 static void verify_sve_features(void)
 {
 	u64 safe_zcr = read_sanitised_ftr_reg(SYS_ZCR_EL1);
@@ -2760,11 +2768,7 @@ static void verify_local_cpu_capabilities(void)
 	 * on all secondary CPUs.
 	 */
 	verify_local_cpu_caps(SCOPE_ALL & ~SCOPE_BOOT_CPU);
-
-	verify_local_elf_hwcaps(arm64_elf_hwcaps);
-
-	if (system_supports_32bit_el0())
-		verify_local_elf_hwcaps(compat_elf_hwcaps);
+	verify_local_elf_hwcaps();
 
 	if (system_supports_sve())
 		verify_sve_features();