diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
index bb3e0dc0676e..cd09d8888202 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ static void pkvm_vcpu_reset_hcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	else
 		vcpu->arch.hcr_el2 |= HCR_TID2;
 
+	/*
+	 * Without AArch32 EL1, leave RW set and let the entry fail with an
+	 * illegal exception return: the *32_EL2 registers EL2 would otherwise
+	 * switch are UNDEFINED there.
+	 */
+	if (vcpu_has_feature(vcpu, KVM_ARM_VCPU_EL1_32BIT) &&
+	    cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_32BIT_EL1))
+		vcpu->arch.hcr_el2 &= ~HCR_EL2_RW;
+
 	if (vcpu_has_ptrauth(vcpu))
 		vcpu->arch.hcr_el2 |= (HCR_API | HCR_APK);