diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h
index 38b54b992f32e..9053dfe9fa03f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ typedef unsigned long	pgprotval_t;
 typedef struct { pteval_t pte; } pte_t;
 typedef struct { pmdval_t pmd; } pmd_t;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
 extern unsigned int __pgtable_l5_enabled;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
 #ifdef USE_EARLY_PGTABLE_L5
 /*
  * cpu_feature_enabled() is not available in early boot code.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index fd77a266f29dd..212e8e06aeba2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
 
 #include <asm/asm.h>
+#include <asm/page_64.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/proto.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
@@ -68,24 +69,11 @@ unsigned long vmemmap_base __ro_after_init = __VMEMMAP_BASE_L4;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmemmap_base);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
-static void __head *fixup_pointer(void *ptr, unsigned long physaddr)
-{
-	return ptr - (void *)_text + (void *)physaddr;
-}
-
-static unsigned long __head *fixup_long(void *ptr, unsigned long physaddr)
+static inline bool check_la57_support(void)
 {
-	return fixup_pointer(ptr, physaddr);
-}
-
-static unsigned int __head *fixup_int(void *ptr, unsigned long physaddr)
-{
-	return fixup_pointer(ptr, physaddr);
-}
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL))
+		return false;
 
-static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
-{
 	/*
 	 * 5-level paging is detected and enabled at kernel decompression
 	 * stage. Only check if it has been enabled there.
@@ -93,21 +81,8 @@ static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
 	if (!(native_read_cr4() & X86_CR4_LA57))
 		return false;
 
-	*fixup_int(&__pgtable_l5_enabled, physaddr) = 1;
-	*fixup_int(&pgdir_shift, physaddr) = 48;
-	*fixup_int(&ptrs_per_p4d, physaddr) = 512;
-	*fixup_long(&page_offset_base, physaddr) = __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE_L5;
-	*fixup_long(&vmalloc_base, physaddr) = __VMALLOC_BASE_L5;
-	*fixup_long(&vmemmap_base, physaddr) = __VMEMMAP_BASE_L5;
-
 	return true;
 }
-#else
-static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-#endif
 
 static unsigned long __head sme_postprocess_startup(struct boot_params *bp, pmdval_t *pmd)
 {
@@ -171,7 +146,7 @@ unsigned long __head __startup_64(unsigned long physaddr,
 	bool la57;
 	int i;
 
-	la57 = check_la57_support(physaddr);
+	la57 = check_la57_support();
 
 	/* Is the address too large? */
 	if (physaddr >> MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS)
@@ -456,6 +431,15 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __noreturn x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode
 				(__START_KERNEL & PGDIR_MASK)));
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(__fix_to_virt(__end_of_fixed_addresses) <= MODULES_END);
 
+	if (check_la57_support()) {
+		__pgtable_l5_enabled	= 1;
+		pgdir_shift		= 48;
+		ptrs_per_p4d		= 512;
+		page_offset_base	= __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE_L5;
+		vmalloc_base		= __VMALLOC_BASE_L5;
+		vmemmap_base		= __VMEMMAP_BASE_L5;
+	}
+
 	cr4_init_shadow();
 
 	/* Kill off the identity-map trampoline */