diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
index b8998cf0508a..8a1d48b8c2a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -756,6 +756,30 @@ static bool tdx_enc_status_changed(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages, bool enc)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool tdx_enc_status_change_prepare(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages,
+					  bool enc)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Only handle shared->private conversion here.
+	 * See the comment in tdx_early_init().
+	 */
+	if (enc)
+		return tdx_enc_status_changed(vaddr, numpages, enc);
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool tdx_enc_status_change_finish(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages,
+					 bool enc)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Only handle private->shared conversion here.
+	 * See the comment in tdx_early_init().
+	 */
+	if (!enc)
+		return tdx_enc_status_changed(vaddr, numpages, enc);
+	return true;
+}
+
 void __init tdx_early_init(void)
 {
 	u64 cc_mask;
@@ -780,9 +804,30 @@ void __init tdx_early_init(void)
 	 */
 	physical_mask &= cc_mask - 1;
 
-	x86_platform.guest.enc_cache_flush_required = tdx_cache_flush_required;
-	x86_platform.guest.enc_tlb_flush_required   = tdx_tlb_flush_required;
-	x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_finish = tdx_enc_status_changed;
+	/*
+	 * The kernel mapping should match the TDX metadata for the page.
+	 * load_unaligned_zeropad() can touch memory *adjacent* to that which is
+	 * owned by the caller and can catch even _momentary_ mismatches.  Bad
+	 * things happen on mismatch:
+	 *
+	 *   - Private mapping => Shared Page  == Guest shutdown
+         *   - Shared mapping  => Private Page == Recoverable #VE
+	 *
+	 * guest.enc_status_change_prepare() converts the page from
+	 * shared=>private before the mapping becomes private.
+	 *
+	 * guest.enc_status_change_finish() converts the page from
+	 * private=>shared after the mapping becomes private.
+	 *
+	 * In both cases there is a temporary shared mapping to a private page,
+	 * which can result in a #VE.  But, there is never a private mapping to
+	 * a shared page.
+	 */
+	x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_prepare = tdx_enc_status_change_prepare;
+	x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_finish  = tdx_enc_status_change_finish;
+
+	x86_platform.guest.enc_cache_flush_required  = tdx_cache_flush_required;
+	x86_platform.guest.enc_tlb_flush_required    = tdx_tlb_flush_required;
 
 	pr_info("Guest detected\n");
 }