return SPECTRE_V2_RETPOLINE;
 }
 
+static bool __ro_after_init rrsba_disabled;
+
 /* Disable in-kernel use of non-RSB RET predictors */
 static void __init spec_ctrl_disable_kernel_rrsba(void)
 {
-       u64 x86_arch_cap_msr;
+       if (rrsba_disabled)
+               return;
 
-       if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RRSBA_CTRL))
+       if (!(x86_arch_cap_msr & ARCH_CAP_RRSBA)) {
+               rrsba_disabled = true;
                return;
+       }
 
-       x86_arch_cap_msr = x86_read_arch_cap_msr();
+       if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RRSBA_CTRL))
+               return;
 
-       if (x86_arch_cap_msr & ARCH_CAP_RRSBA) {
-               x86_spec_ctrl_base |= SPEC_CTRL_RRSBA_DIS_S;
-               update_spec_ctrl(x86_spec_ctrl_base);
-       }
+       x86_spec_ctrl_base |= SPEC_CTRL_RRSBA_DIS_S;
+       update_spec_ctrl(x86_spec_ctrl_base);
+       rrsba_disabled = true;
 }
 
 static void __init spectre_v2_determine_rsb_fill_type_at_vmexit(enum spectre_v2_mitigation mode)
                return;
 
        /* Retpoline mitigates against BHI unless the CPU has RRSBA behavior */
-       if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE) &&
-           !(x86_read_arch_cap_msr() & ARCH_CAP_RRSBA))
-               return;
+       if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE)) {
+               spec_ctrl_disable_kernel_rrsba();
+               if (rrsba_disabled)
+                       return;
+       }
 
        if (spec_ctrl_bhi_dis())
                return;
                return "; BHI: BHI_DIS_S";
        else if  (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP))
                return "; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop";
-       else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE) &&
-                !(x86_arch_cap_msr & ARCH_CAP_RRSBA))
+       else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE) && rrsba_disabled)
                return "; BHI: Retpoline";
        else if  (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP_ON_VMEXIT))
                return "; BHI: Syscall hardening, KVM: SW loop";