diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index a853ed7240ee..fb873a7bb65c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1939,6 +1939,7 @@ config EFI
 	depends on ACPI
 	select UCS2_STRING
 	select EFI_RUNTIME_WRAPPERS
+	select ARCH_USE_MEMREMAP_PROT
 	help
 	  This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
 	  available (such as the EFI variable services).
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
index 5a40fe411ebd..c1eec019dcee 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ void __init efi_arch_mem_reserve(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	new = early_memremap(data.phys_map, data.size);
+	new = early_memremap_prot(data.phys_map, data.size,
+				  pgprot_val(pgprot_encrypted(FIXMAP_PAGE_NORMAL)));
 	if (!new) {
 		pr_err("Failed to map new boot services memmap\n");
 		return;