diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
index c1c8c581759d..034e62838b28 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct x86_init_acpi {
  * @enc_cache_flush_required	Returns true if a cache flush is needed before changing page encryption status
  */
 struct x86_guest {
-	void (*enc_status_change_prepare)(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool enc);
+	bool (*enc_status_change_prepare)(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool enc);
 	bool (*enc_status_change_finish)(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool enc);
 	bool (*enc_tlb_flush_required)(bool enc);
 	bool (*enc_cache_flush_required)(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
index 10622cf2b30f..41e5b4cb898c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct x86_cpuinit_ops x86_cpuinit = {
 
 static void default_nmi_init(void) { };
 
-static void enc_status_change_prepare_noop(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool enc) { }
+static bool enc_status_change_prepare_noop(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool enc) { return true; }
 static bool enc_status_change_finish_noop(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool enc) { return false; }
 static bool enc_tlb_flush_required_noop(bool enc) { return false; }
 static bool enc_cache_flush_required_noop(void) { return false; }
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c
index 9c4d8dbcb129..ff6c0462beee 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static void enc_dec_hypercall(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool enc)
 #endif
 }
 
-static void amd_enc_status_change_prepare(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool enc)
+static bool amd_enc_status_change_prepare(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool enc)
 {
 	/*
 	 * To maintain the security guarantees of SEV-SNP guests, make sure
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ static void amd_enc_status_change_prepare(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool
 	 */
 	if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_SEV_SNP) && !enc)
 		snp_set_memory_shared(vaddr, npages);
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 /* Return true unconditionally: return value doesn't matter for the SEV side */
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
index 2e5a045731de..5f0ce77a259d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
@@ -2096,7 +2096,8 @@ static int __set_memory_enc_pgtable(unsigned long addr, int numpages, bool enc)
 		cpa_flush(&cpa, x86_platform.guest.enc_cache_flush_required());
 
 	/* Notify hypervisor that we are about to set/clr encryption attribute. */
-	x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_prepare(addr, numpages, enc);
+	if (!x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_prepare(addr, numpages, enc))
+		return -EIO;
 
 	ret = __change_page_attr_set_clr(&cpa, 1);