diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/livepatch.c b/xen/arch/arm/livepatch.c
index f467d9db4a..b8dbee22e8 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/livepatch.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/livepatch.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <xen/livepatch.h>
 #include <xen/vmap.h>
 
+#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm/livepatch.h>
 #include <asm/mm.h>
 
@@ -161,6 +162,8 @@ void __init arch_livepatch_init(void)
     end = (void *)LIVEPATCH_VMAP_END;
 
     vm_init_type(VMAP_XEN, start, end);
+
+    cpus_set_cap(LIVEPATCH_FEATURE);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h b/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
index 66e930ffa0..af60fe3362 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@
 #define ARM64_WORKAROUND_DEVICE_LOAD_ACQUIRE    1
 #define ARM32_WORKAROUND_766422 2
 #define ARM64_WORKAROUND_834220 3
+#define LIVEPATCH_FEATURE   4
 
-#define ARM_NCAPS           4
+#define ARM_NCAPS           5
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/livepatch.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/livepatch.h
index 7dfc2e706a..00aefd2d63 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/livepatch.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/livepatch.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #define ARCH_PATCH_INSN_SIZE 5
 #define ARCH_LIVEPATCH_RANGE SZ_2G
+#define LIVEPATCH_FEATURE    X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS
 
 #endif /* __XEN_X86_LIVEPATCH_H__ */
 
diff --git a/xen/test/livepatch/xen_hello_world_func.c b/xen/test/livepatch/xen_hello_world_func.c
index 03d6b8466b..0321f3ece2 100644
--- a/xen/test/livepatch/xen_hello_world_func.c
+++ b/xen/test/livepatch/xen_hello_world_func.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <xen/types.h>
 
 #include <asm/alternative.h>
+#include <asm/livepatch.h>
 #include <asm/nops.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ const char *xen_hello_world(void)
     unsigned long tmp;
     int rc;
 
-    alternative(ASM_NOP8, ASM_NOP1, X86_FEATURE_LM);
+    alternative(ASM_NOP8, ASM_NOP1, LIVEPATCH_FEATURE);
     /*
      * Any BUG, or WARN_ON will contain symbol and payload name. Furthermore
      * exceptions will be caught and processed properly.