diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index f6d416fe49b0..2ea24c5cb900 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ static inline bool id_aa64pfr1_mte(u64 pfr1)
 	return val >= ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_MTE_MTE2;
 }
 
+void __init setup_boot_cpu_features(void);
 void __init setup_system_features(void);
 void __init setup_user_features(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 5f1320c38aa2..e976538c11ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1081,25 +1081,6 @@ void __init init_cpu_features(struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info)
 
 	if (id_aa64pfr1_mte(info->reg_id_aa64pfr1))
 		init_cpu_ftr_reg(SYS_GMID_EL1, info->reg_gmid);
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialize the indirect array of CPU capabilities pointers before we
-	 * handle the boot CPU below.
-	 */
-	init_cpucap_indirect_list();
-
-	/*
-	 * Detect broken pseudo-NMI. Must be called _before_ the call to
-	 * setup_boot_cpu_capabilities() since it interacts with
-	 * can_use_gic_priorities().
-	 */
-	detect_system_supports_pseudo_nmi();
-
-	/*
-	 * Detect and enable early CPU capabilities based on the boot CPU,
-	 * after we have initialised the CPU feature infrastructure.
-	 */
-	setup_boot_cpu_capabilities();
 }
 
 static void update_cpu_ftr_reg(struct arm64_ftr_reg *reg, u64 new)
@@ -3255,14 +3236,6 @@ void check_local_cpu_capabilities(void)
 		verify_local_cpu_capabilities();
 }
 
-static void __init setup_boot_cpu_capabilities(void)
-{
-	/* Detect capabilities with either SCOPE_BOOT_CPU or SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU */
-	update_cpu_capabilities(SCOPE_BOOT_CPU | SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU);
-	/* Enable the SCOPE_BOOT_CPU capabilities alone right away */
-	enable_cpu_capabilities(SCOPE_BOOT_CPU);
-}
-
 bool this_cpu_has_cap(unsigned int n)
 {
 	if (!WARN_ON(preemptible()) && n < ARM64_NCAPS) {
@@ -3318,6 +3291,36 @@ unsigned long cpu_get_elf_hwcap2(void)
 	return elf_hwcap[1];
 }
 
+static void __init setup_boot_cpu_capabilities(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The boot CPU's feature register values have been recorded. Detect
+	 * boot cpucaps and local cpucaps for the boot CPU, then enable and
+	 * patch alternatives for the available boot cpucaps.
+	 */
+	update_cpu_capabilities(SCOPE_BOOT_CPU | SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU);
+	enable_cpu_capabilities(SCOPE_BOOT_CPU);
+	apply_boot_alternatives();
+}
+
+void __init setup_boot_cpu_features(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the indirect array of CPU capabilities pointers before we
+	 * handle the boot CPU.
+	 */
+	init_cpucap_indirect_list();
+
+	/*
+	 * Detect broken pseudo-NMI. Must be called _before_ the call to
+	 * setup_boot_cpu_capabilities() since it interacts with
+	 * can_use_gic_priorities().
+	 */
+	detect_system_supports_pseudo_nmi();
+
+	setup_boot_cpu_capabilities();
+}
+
 static void __init setup_system_capabilities(void)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index 85384dc9a89d..4ced34f62dab 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -453,14 +453,9 @@ void __init smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 	 * freed shortly, so we must move over to the runtime per-cpu area.
 	 */
 	set_my_cpu_offset(per_cpu_offset(smp_processor_id()));
-	cpuinfo_store_boot_cpu();
 
-	/*
-	 * We now know enough about the boot CPU to apply the
-	 * alternatives that cannot wait until interrupt handling
-	 * and/or scheduling is enabled.
-	 */
-	apply_boot_alternatives();
+	cpuinfo_store_boot_cpu();
+	setup_boot_cpu_features();
 
 	/* Conditionally switch to GIC PMR for interrupt masking */
 	if (system_uses_irq_prio_masking())