diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/idt_64.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/idt_64.c
index 9b93567d663a..63e9044ab1d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/idt_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/idt_64.c
@@ -39,7 +39,15 @@ void load_stage1_idt(void)
 	load_boot_idt(&boot_idt_desc);
 }
 
-/* Setup IDT after kernel jumping to  .Lrelocated */
+/*
+ * Setup IDT after kernel jumping to  .Lrelocated
+ *
+ * initialize_identity_maps() needs a PF handler setup. The PF handler setup
+ * needs to happen in load_stage2_idt() where the IDT is loaded and there the
+ * VC IDT entry gets setup too in order to handle VCs, one needs a GHCB which
+ * gets setup with an already setup table which is done in
+ * initialize_identity_maps() and this is where the circle is complete.
+ */
 void load_stage2_idt(void)
 {
 	boot_idt_desc.address = (unsigned long)boot_idt;
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
index 06416113af22..745b418866ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
@@ -119,11 +119,8 @@ static enum es_result vc_read_mem(struct es_em_ctxt *ctxt,
 /* Include code for early handlers */
 #include "../../kernel/sev-shared.c"
 
-static bool early_setup_sev_es(void)
+static bool early_setup_ghcb(void)
 {
-	if (!sev_es_negotiate_protocol())
-		sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SEV_ES_PROT_UNSUPPORTED);
-
 	if (set_page_decrypted((unsigned long)&boot_ghcb_page))
 		return false;
 
@@ -174,7 +171,7 @@ void do_boot_stage2_vc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long exit_code)
 	struct es_em_ctxt ctxt;
 	enum es_result result;
 
-	if (!boot_ghcb && !early_setup_sev_es())
+	if (!boot_ghcb && !early_setup_ghcb())
 		sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SEV_ES_GEN_REQ);
 
 	vc_ghcb_invalidate(boot_ghcb);
@@ -246,5 +243,19 @@ void sev_enable(struct boot_params *bp)
 	if (!(sev_status & MSR_AMD64_SEV_ENABLED))
 		return;
 
+	/* Negotiate the GHCB protocol version. */
+	if (sev_status & MSR_AMD64_SEV_ES_ENABLED) {
+		if (!sev_es_negotiate_protocol())
+			sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SEV_ES_PROT_UNSUPPORTED);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * SEV-SNP is supported in v2 of the GHCB spec which mandates support for HV
+	 * features. If SEV-SNP is enabled, then check if the hypervisor supports
+	 * the SEV-SNP features.
+	 */
+	if (sev_status & MSR_AMD64_SEV_SNP_ENABLED && !(get_hv_features() & GHCB_HV_FT_SNP))
+		sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SNP_UNSUPPORTED);
+
 	sme_me_mask = BIT_ULL(ebx & 0x3f);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev-common.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev-common.h
index 94f0ea574049..6f037c29a46e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev-common.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev-common.h
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
 /* GHCB Hypervisor Feature Request/Response */
 #define GHCB_MSR_HV_FT_REQ		0x080
 #define GHCB_MSR_HV_FT_RESP		0x081
+#define GHCB_MSR_HV_FT_RESP_VAL(v)			\
+	/* GHCBData[63:12] */				\
+	(((u64)(v) & GENMASK_ULL(63, 12)) >> 12)
+
+#define GHCB_HV_FT_SNP			BIT_ULL(0)
 
 #define GHCB_MSR_TERM_REQ		0x100
 #define GHCB_MSR_TERM_REASON_SET_POS	12
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@
 #define SEV_TERM_SET_GEN		0
 #define GHCB_SEV_ES_GEN_REQ		0
 #define GHCB_SEV_ES_PROT_UNSUPPORTED	1
+#define GHCB_SNP_UNSUPPORTED		2
 
 /* Linux-specific reason codes (used with reason set 1) */
 #define SEV_TERM_SET_LINUX		1
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
index 9b9c190e8c3b..17b75f6ee11a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/sev-common.h>
 
 #define GHCB_PROTOCOL_MIN	1ULL
-#define GHCB_PROTOCOL_MAX	1ULL
+#define GHCB_PROTOCOL_MAX	2ULL
 #define GHCB_DEFAULT_USAGE	0ULL
 
 #define	VMGEXIT()			{ asm volatile("rep; vmmcall\n\r"); }
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h
index efa969325ede..b0ad00f4c1e1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 #define SVM_VMGEXIT_AP_JUMP_TABLE		0x80000005
 #define SVM_VMGEXIT_SET_AP_JUMP_TABLE		0
 #define SVM_VMGEXIT_GET_AP_JUMP_TABLE		1
+#define SVM_VMGEXIT_HV_FEATURES			0x8000fffd
 #define SVM_VMGEXIT_UNSUPPORTED_EVENT		0x8000ffff
 
 /* Exit code reserved for hypervisor/software use */
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@
 	{ SVM_VMGEXIT_NMI_COMPLETE,	"vmgexit_nmi_complete" }, \
 	{ SVM_VMGEXIT_AP_HLT_LOOP,	"vmgexit_ap_hlt_loop" }, \
 	{ SVM_VMGEXIT_AP_JUMP_TABLE,	"vmgexit_ap_jump_table" }, \
+	{ SVM_VMGEXIT_HV_FEATURES,	"vmgexit_hypervisor_feature" }, \
 	{ SVM_EXIT_ERR,         "invalid_guest_state" }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
index 91105f5a02a8..4a876e684f67 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
@@ -48,6 +48,26 @@ static void __noreturn sev_es_terminate(unsigned int set, unsigned int reason)
 		asm volatile("hlt\n" : : : "memory");
 }
 
+/*
+ * The hypervisor features are available from GHCB version 2 onward.
+ */
+static u64 get_hv_features(void)
+{
+	u64 val;
+
+	if (ghcb_version < 2)
+		return 0;
+
+	sev_es_wr_ghcb_msr(GHCB_MSR_HV_FT_REQ);
+	VMGEXIT();
+
+	val = sev_es_rd_ghcb_msr();
+	if (GHCB_RESP_CODE(val) != GHCB_MSR_HV_FT_RESP)
+		return 0;
+
+	return GHCB_MSR_HV_FT_RESP_VAL(val);
+}
+
 static bool sev_es_negotiate_protocol(void)
 {
 	u64 val;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
index 19ad09712902..24df739c9c05 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ static struct ghcb boot_ghcb_page __bss_decrypted __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
  */
 static struct ghcb __initdata *boot_ghcb;
 
+/* Bitmap of SEV features supported by the hypervisor */
+static u64 sev_hv_features __ro_after_init;
+
 /* #VC handler runtime per-CPU data */
 struct sev_es_runtime_data {
 	struct ghcb ghcb_page;
@@ -766,6 +769,18 @@ void __init sev_es_init_vc_handling(void)
 	if (!sev_es_check_cpu_features())
 		panic("SEV-ES CPU Features missing");
 
+	/*
+	 * SEV-SNP is supported in v2 of the GHCB spec which mandates support for HV
+	 * features. If SEV-SNP is enabled, then check if the hypervisor supports
+	 * the SEV-SNP features.
+	 */
+	if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_SEV_SNP)) {
+		sev_hv_features = get_hv_features();
+
+		if (!(sev_hv_features & GHCB_HV_FT_SNP))
+			sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SNP_UNSUPPORTED);
+	}
+
 	/* Enable SEV-ES special handling */
 	static_branch_enable(&sev_es_enable_key);
 
