diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index c2a3ec3dd8506..c6c71592f6e46 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1990,6 +1990,7 @@ 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 aefe845dff596..6ca88fbc009cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ void __init efi_arch_mem_reserve(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	new = early_memremap(new_phys, new_size);
+	new = early_memremap_prot(new_phys, new_size,
+				  pgprot_val(pgprot_encrypted(FIXMAP_PAGE_NORMAL)));
 	if (!new) {
 		pr_err("Failed to map new boot services memmap\n");
 		return;