diff --git a/include/linux/kexec_handover.h b/include/linux/kexec_handover.h
index 348844cffb13..559d13a3bc44 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec_handover.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec_handover.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct kho_serialization;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER
 bool kho_is_enabled(void);
+bool is_kho_boot(void);
 
 int kho_preserve_folio(struct folio *folio);
 int kho_preserve_phys(phys_addr_t phys, size_t size);
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@ static inline bool kho_is_enabled(void)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_kho_boot(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline int kho_preserve_folio(struct folio *folio)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/kexec_handover.c
index ecd1ac210dbd..49a39aee6a8e 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_handover.c
@@ -951,6 +951,26 @@ static const void *kho_get_fdt(void)
 	return kho_in.fdt_phys ? phys_to_virt(kho_in.fdt_phys) : NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * is_kho_boot - check if current kernel was booted via KHO-enabled
+ * kexec
+ *
+ * This function checks if the current kernel was loaded through a kexec
+ * operation with KHO enabled, by verifying that a valid KHO FDT
+ * was passed.
+ *
+ * Note: This function returns reliable results only after
+ * kho_populate() has been called during early boot. Before that,
+ * it may return false even if KHO data is present.
+ *
+ * Return: true if booted via KHO-enabled kexec, false otherwise
+ */
+bool is_kho_boot(void)
+{
+	return !!kho_get_fdt();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_kho_boot);
+
 /**
  * kho_retrieve_subtree - retrieve a preserved sub FDT by its name.
  * @name: the name of the sub FDT passed to kho_add_subtree().