diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
index 33aff45f58ea86ede3d5704d64f7977478593233..5a3cdeb7cb03b34696f592cd9a4a148a7c843ad5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
@@ -504,6 +504,15 @@ static inline void load_current_idt(void)
 		load_idt((const struct desc_ptr *)&idt_descr);
 }
 
+extern void idt_setup_early_handler(void);
+extern void idt_setup_early_traps(void);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+extern void idt_setup_early_pf(void);
+#else
+static inline void idt_setup_early_pf(void) { }
+#endif
+
 extern void idt_invalidate(void *addr);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_DESC_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 9ba79543d9ee9f1ee19bce38955467afa04b125f..d6ab034bd65f99e658c2d2ed11e5e3ed3cec131e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -255,8 +255,6 @@ static void __init copy_bootdata(char *real_mode_data)
 
 asmlinkage __visible void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 {
-	int i;
-
 	/*
 	 * Build-time sanity checks on the kernel image and module
 	 * area mappings. (these are purely build-time and produce no code)
@@ -282,9 +280,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 
 	kasan_early_init();
 
-	for (i = 0; i < NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS; i++)
-		set_intr_gate(i, early_idt_handler_array[i]);
-	load_idt((const struct desc_ptr *)&idt_descr);
+	idt_setup_early_handler();
 
 	copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
index cd4658c1e405399e4e90d7c553026018a9f29644..a1475810059c6897dfb8d98e3327940963934f99 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ const struct desc_ptr debug_idt_descr = {
 };
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * idt_setup_early_handler - Initializes the idt table with early handlers
+ */
+void __init idt_setup_early_handler(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS; i++)
+		set_intr_gate(i, early_idt_handler_array[i]);
+	load_idt(&idt_descr);
+}
+
 /**
  * idt_invalidate - Invalidate interrupt descriptor table
  * @addr:	The virtual address of the 'invalid' IDT