diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
index b514f7e81332..c7e690091f81 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
@@ -28,3 +28,16 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED)		+= efi-mixed.o
 # to be linked into the decompressor or the EFI stub but not vmlinux
 #
 $(patsubst %.o,$(obj)/%.o,$(lib-y)): OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y
+
+#
+# Confine the startup code by prefixing all symbols with __pi_ (for position
+# independent). This ensures that startup code can only call other startup
+# code, or code that has explicitly been made accessible to it via a symbol
+# alias.
+#
+$(obj)/%.pi.o: OBJCOPYFLAGS := --prefix-symbols=__pi_
+$(obj)/%.pi.o: $(obj)/%.o FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
+
+extra-y		:= $(obj-y)
+obj-y		:= $(patsubst %.o,%.pi.o,$(obj-y))
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c b/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c
index 9ab132bed77b..0215f2355dfa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <asm/setup_data.h>
 
 #ifndef __BOOT_COMPRESSED
-#define error(v)			pr_err(v)
+#define error(v)
 #define has_cpuflag(f)			boot_cpu_has(f)
 #else
 #undef WARN
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/startup/sme.c b/arch/x86/boot/startup/sme.c
index 1e9f1f5a753c..19dce2304636 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/startup/sme.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/startup/sme.c
@@ -560,7 +560,6 @@ void __head sme_enable(struct boot_params *bp)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION
 /* Local version for startup code, which never operates on user page tables */
-__weak
 pgd_t __pti_set_user_pgtbl(pgd_t *pgdp, pgd_t pgd)
 {
 	return pgd;
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
index 33332c4299b9..98921cde217e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int svsm_perform_call_protocol(struct svsm_call *call)
 
 	do {
 		ret = ghcb ? svsm_perform_ghcb_protocol(ghcb, call)
-			   : svsm_perform_msr_protocol(call);
+			   : __pi_svsm_perform_msr_protocol(call);
 	} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
 
 	if (sev_cfg.ghcbs_initialized)
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/vc-handle.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/vc-handle.c
index b4895c648024..0820accb9e80 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/vc-handle.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/vc-handle.c
@@ -1058,4 +1058,3 @@ bool __init handle_vc_boot_ghcb(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SEV_ES_GEN_REQ);
 }
-
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index 6324f4c6c545..895d09faaf83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extern void i386_reserve_resources(void);
 extern unsigned long __startup_64(unsigned long p2v_offset, struct boot_params *bp);
 extern void startup_64_setup_gdt_idt(void);
 extern void startup_64_load_idt(void *vc_handler);
+extern void __pi_startup_64_load_idt(void *vc_handler);
 extern void early_setup_idt(void);
 extern void __init do_early_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
index ca914f7384c6..cfec803a9b6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ struct cpuid_leaf {
 };
 
 int svsm_perform_msr_protocol(struct svsm_call *call);
+int __pi_svsm_perform_msr_protocol(struct svsm_call *call);
 int snp_cpuid(void (*cpuid_hv)(void *ctx, struct cpuid_leaf *),
 	      void *ctx, struct cpuid_leaf *leaf);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index b7da8b45b6d8..23dc505bf609 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -306,5 +306,5 @@ void early_setup_idt(void)
 		handler = vc_boot_ghcb;
 	}
 
-	startup_64_load_idt(handler);
+	__pi_startup_64_load_idt(handler);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index 069420853304..88cbf932f7c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(startup_64)
 	xorl	%edx, %edx
 	wrmsr
 
-	call	startup_64_setup_gdt_idt
+	call	__pi_startup_64_setup_gdt_idt
 
 	/* Now switch to __KERNEL_CS so IRET works reliably */
 	pushq	$__KERNEL_CS
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(startup_64)
 	 * subsequent code. Pass the boot_params pointer as the first argument.
 	 */
 	movq	%r15, %rdi
-	call	sme_enable
+	call	__pi_sme_enable
 #endif
 
 	/* Sanitize CPU configuration */
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(startup_64)
 	 * programmed into CR3.
 	 */
 	movq	%r15, %rsi
-	call	__startup_64
+	call	__pi___startup_64
 
 	/* Form the CR3 value being sure to include the CR3 modifier */
 	leaq	early_top_pgt(%rip), %rcx
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(vc_no_ghcb)
 	/* Call C handler */
 	movq    %rsp, %rdi
 	movq	ORIG_RAX(%rsp), %rsi
-	call    do_vc_no_ghcb
+	call    __pi_do_vc_no_ghcb
 
 	/* Unwind pt_regs */
 	POP_REGS
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_boot.S b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_boot.S
index f8a33b25ae86..edbf9c998848 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_boot.S
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_boot.S
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 	.text
 	.code64
-SYM_FUNC_START(sme_encrypt_execute)
+SYM_FUNC_START(__pi_sme_encrypt_execute)
 
 	/*
 	 * Entry parameters:
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(sme_encrypt_execute)
 	ANNOTATE_UNRET_SAFE
 	ret
 	int3
-SYM_FUNC_END(sme_encrypt_execute)
+SYM_FUNC_END(__pi_sme_encrypt_execute)
 
-SYM_FUNC_START(__enc_copy)
+SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__enc_copy)
 	ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
 /*
  * Routine used to encrypt memory in place.
