diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 523bc934fe2f6..a66d83540c15a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -1436,7 +1436,8 @@ static int kvm_init_vector_slots(void)
 	base = kern_hyp_va(kvm_ksym_ref(__bp_harden_hyp_vecs));
 	kvm_init_vector_slot(base, HYP_VECTOR_SPECTRE_DIRECT);
 
-	if (kvm_system_needs_idmapped_vectors() && !has_vhe()) {
+	if (kvm_system_needs_idmapped_vectors() &&
+	    !is_protected_kvm_enabled()) {
 		err = create_hyp_exec_mappings(__pa_symbol(__bp_harden_hyp_vecs),
 					       __BP_HARDEN_HYP_VECS_SZ, &base);
 		if (err)