diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index a10b545c2070a54455c3e7181cc43135dc68f611..41786d205e0d20b3a89cd1e205b41ec0c9564948 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2257,6 +2257,9 @@
 	kvm-arm.mode=
 			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
 
+			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
+			      protected guests.
+
 			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
 				   state is kept private from the host.
 				   Not valid if the kernel is running in EL2.
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
index 226bac544e20dee3621a138f5e03e4702c477048..b994d689d6fb1e24409dd2f48ceb4bb12f5609b6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ static const struct {
 	char	alias[FTR_ALIAS_NAME_LEN];
 	char	feature[FTR_ALIAS_OPTION_LEN];
 } aliases[] __initconst = {
+	{ "kvm-arm.mode=nvhe",		"id_aa64mmfr1.vh=0" },
+	{ "kvm-arm.mode=protected",	"id_aa64mmfr1.vh=0" },
 };
 
 static int __init find_field(const char *cmdline,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 04c44853b103b1681d600d853f5d10160147552c..597565a65ca2e0a56fdd41aee5c5e38b783b666a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -1966,6 +1966,9 @@ static int __init early_kvm_mode_cfg(char *arg)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(arg, "nvhe") == 0 && !WARN_ON(is_kernel_in_hyp_mode()))
+		return 0;
+
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 early_param("kvm-arm.mode", early_kvm_mode_cfg);