diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 248b930563e5a68ed870632290b0b0cad7158cb2..11f91744ffb0fdedaa0488409f0aa7f9d4f5f958 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_types.h>
+#include <asm/cputype.h>
 #include <asm/kvm.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_asm.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_mmio.h>
@@ -311,8 +312,17 @@ static inline void kvm_arm_vhe_guest_exit(void) {}
 
 static inline bool kvm_arm_harden_branch_predictor(void)
 {
-	/* No way to detect it yet, pretend it is not there. */
-	return false;
+	switch(read_cpuid_part()) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR
+	case ARM_CPU_PART_BRAHMA_B15:
+	case ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A12:
+	case ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A15:
+	case ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A17:
+		return true;
+#endif
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
 }
 
 #endif /* __ARM_KVM_HOST_H__ */