diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/init.c b/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
index cd4be19c36dc..d6ddc7e60884 100644
--- a/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
+#include <linux/mem_encrypt.h>
 
 #include <asm/set_memory.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -59,6 +60,13 @@ static void __init setup_real_mode(void)
 
 	base = (unsigned char *)real_mode_header;
 
+	/*
+	 * If SME is active, the trampoline area will need to be in
+	 * decrypted memory in order to bring up other processors
+	 * successfully.
+	 */
+	set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)base, size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+
 	memcpy(base, real_mode_blob, size);
 
 	phys_base = __pa(base);