diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 97244d4feca9c..092092177128e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -667,10 +667,16 @@ static __always_inline bool system_supports_fpsimd(void)
 	return !cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_HAS_NO_FPSIMD);
 }
 
+static inline bool system_uses_hw_pan(void)
+{
+	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_PAN) &&
+		cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_HAS_PAN);
+}
+
 static inline bool system_uses_ttbr0_pan(void)
 {
 	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_SW_TTBR0_PAN) &&
-		!cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_HAS_PAN);
+		!system_uses_hw_pan();
 }
 
 static __always_inline bool system_supports_sve(void)
@@ -762,6 +768,13 @@ static inline bool cpu_has_hw_af(void)
 						ID_AA64MMFR1_HADBS_SHIFT);
 }
 
+static inline bool cpu_has_pan(void)
+{
+	u64 mmfr1 = read_cpuid(ID_AA64MMFR1_EL1);
+	return cpuid_feature_extract_unsigned_field(mmfr1,
+						    ID_AA64MMFR1_PAN_SHIFT);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_AMU_EXTN
 /* Check whether the cpu supports the Activity Monitors Unit (AMU) */
 extern bool cpu_has_amu_feat(int cpu);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
index 4a5f24602aa0c..c9640e50967ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
@@ -216,6 +216,27 @@ static __kprobes unsigned long _sdei_handler(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	return vbar + 0x480;
 }
 
+static void __kprobes notrace __sdei_pstate_entry(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The original SDEI spec (ARM DEN 0054A) can be read ambiguously as to
+	 * whether PSTATE bits are inherited unchanged or generated from
+	 * scratch, and the TF-A implementation always clears PAN and always
+	 * clears UAO. There are no other known implementations.
+	 *
+	 * Subsequent revisions (ARM DEN 0054B) follow the usual rules for how
+	 * PSTATE is modified upon architectural exceptions, and so PAN is
+	 * either inherited or set per SCTLR_ELx.SPAN, and UAO is always
+	 * cleared.
+	 *
+	 * We must explicitly reset PAN to the expected state, including
+	 * clearing it when the host isn't using it, in case a VM had it set.
+	 */
+	if (system_uses_hw_pan())
+		set_pstate_pan(1);
+	else if (cpu_has_pan())
+		set_pstate_pan(0);
+}
 
 asmlinkage __kprobes notrace unsigned long
 __sdei_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, struct sdei_registered_event *arg)
@@ -224,12 +245,11 @@ __sdei_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, struct sdei_registered_event *arg)
 	mm_segment_t orig_addr_limit;
 
 	/*
-	 * We didn't take an exception to get here, so the HW hasn't set PAN or
-	 * cleared UAO, and the exception entry code hasn't reset addr_limit.
-	 * Set PAN, then use force_uaccess_begin() to clear UAO and reset
-	 * addr_limit.
+	 * We didn't take an exception to get here, so the HW hasn't
+	 * set/cleared bits in PSTATE that we may rely on. Initialize PAN, then
+	 * use force_uaccess_begin() to reset addr_limit.
 	 */
-	__uaccess_enable_hw_pan();
+	__sdei_pstate_entry();
 	orig_addr_limit = force_uaccess_begin();
 
 	nmi_enter();