diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
index b180d8e497c317f88a9880241721818bec818174..cc0f7f70b17ba3af8ab2117446668114e24f9406 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
@@ -295,8 +295,15 @@ void machine_kexec_cleanup(struct kimage *image)
 void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 {
 	unsigned long page_list[PAGES_NR];
-	void *control_page;
+	unsigned int host_mem_enc_active;
 	int save_ftrace_enabled;
+	void *control_page;
+
+	/*
+	 * This must be done before load_segments() since if call depth tracking
+	 * is used then GS must be valid to make any function calls.
+	 */
+	host_mem_enc_active = cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_HOST_MEM_ENCRYPT);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP
 	if (image->preserve_context)
@@ -358,7 +365,7 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 				       (unsigned long)page_list,
 				       image->start,
 				       image->preserve_context,
-				       cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_HOST_MEM_ENCRYPT));
+				       host_mem_enc_active);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP
 	if (image->preserve_context)