diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
index 679026a640efd..c644c34372e8c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
@@ -2183,9 +2183,6 @@ int snp_issue_guest_request(u64 exit_code, struct snp_req_data *input, unsigned
 	struct ghcb *ghcb;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_SEV_SNP))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	if (!fw_err)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c b/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
index 7b4e9009f3355..ed5d6ae1a1447 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
@@ -703,6 +703,9 @@ static int __init sev_guest_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	void __iomem *mapping;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_SEV_SNP))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	if (!dev->platform_data)
 		return -ENODEV;