diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 838fe5cc8d7e..7dfcdd9e75c1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -792,9 +792,7 @@ void update_cpu_features(int cpu,
 	 * If we have AArch32, we care about 32-bit features for compat.
 	 * If the system doesn't support AArch32, don't update them.
 	 */
-	if (id_aa64pfr0_32bit_el0(read_sanitised_ftr_reg(SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1)) &&
-		id_aa64pfr0_32bit_el0(info->reg_id_aa64pfr0)) {
-
+	if (id_aa64pfr0_32bit_el0(read_sanitised_ftr_reg(SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1))) {
 		taint |= check_update_ftr_reg(SYS_ID_DFR0_EL1, cpu,
 					info->reg_id_dfr0, boot->reg_id_dfr0);
 		taint |= check_update_ftr_reg(SYS_ID_ISAR0_EL1, cpu,