diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
index 9d323dc6b159..4d369c308ed7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 #undef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
 #undef CONFIG_KASAN
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
+/* cpu_feature_enabled() cannot be used that early */
+#define pgtable_l5_enabled __pgtable_l5_enabled
+#endif
+
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/screen_info.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 2c06348b7807..b18acdff9c3f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -275,15 +275,8 @@ GLOBAL(entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe)
 	 * depending on paging mode) in the address.
 	 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
-	testl	$1, pgtable_l5_enabled(%rip)
-	jz	1f
-	shl	$(64 - 57), %rcx
-	sar	$(64 - 57), %rcx
-	jmp	2f
-1:
-	shl	$(64 - 48), %rcx
-	sar	$(64 - 48), %rcx
-2:
+	ALTERNATIVE "shl $(64 - 48), %rcx; sar $(64 - 48), %rcx", \
+		"shl $(64 - 57), %rcx; sar $(64 - 57), %rcx", X86_FEATURE_LA57
 #else
 	shl	$(64 - (__VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT+1)), %rcx
 	sar	$(64 - (__VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT+1)), %rcx
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h
index 68909a68e5b9..d5c21a382475 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ typedef unsigned long	pgprotval_t;
 typedef struct { pteval_t pte; } pte_t;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
-extern unsigned int pgtable_l5_enabled;
+extern unsigned int __pgtable_l5_enabled;
+#ifndef pgtable_l5_enabled
+#define pgtable_l5_enabled cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LA57)
+#endif
 #else
 #define pgtable_l5_enabled 0
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 8161e719a20f..0c855deee165 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 #include <asm/microcode.h>
 #include <asm/kasan.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
+#undef pgtable_l5_enabled
+#define pgtable_l5_enabled __pgtable_l5_enabled
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Manage page tables very early on.
  */
@@ -40,8 +45,8 @@ static unsigned int __initdata next_early_pgt;
 pmdval_t early_pmd_flags = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE & ~(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_NX);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
-unsigned int pgtable_l5_enabled __ro_after_init;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(pgtable_l5_enabled);
+unsigned int __pgtable_l5_enabled __ro_after_init;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pgtable_l5_enabled);
 unsigned int pgdir_shift __ro_after_init = 39;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pgdir_shift);
 unsigned int ptrs_per_p4d __ro_after_init = 1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index 3e9de0fc97de..326c63129417 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ ENTRY(secondary_startup_64)
 	/* Enable PAE mode, PGE and LA57 */
 	movl	$(X86_CR4_PAE | X86_CR4_PGE), %ecx
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
-	testl	$1, pgtable_l5_enabled(%rip)
+	testl	$1, __pgtable_l5_enabled(%rip)
 	jz	1f
 	orl	$X86_CR4_LA57, %ecx
 1:
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c
index 0df0dd13a71d..d8ff013ea9d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #define DISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) "kasan: " fmt
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
+/* Too early to use cpu_feature_enabled() */
+#define pgtable_l5_enabled __pgtable_l5_enabled
+#endif
+
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/kasan.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>