diff --git a/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLib/BdsPlatform.c b/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLib/BdsPlatform.c
index 5feadc51d7..0918c35f1f 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLib/BdsPlatform.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLib/BdsPlatform.c
@@ -448,6 +448,13 @@ PlatformBootManagerBeforeConsole (
   //
   EfiBootManagerDispatchDeferredImages ();
 
+  //
+  // GPU passthrough only allows Console enablement after ROM image load
+  //
+  PlatformInitializeConsole (
+    XenDetected () ? gXenPlatformConsole : gPlatformConsole
+    );
+
   FrontPageTimeout = GetFrontPageTimeoutFromQemu ();
   PcdStatus        = PcdSet16S (PcdPlatformBootTimeOut, FrontPageTimeout);
   ASSERT_RETURN_ERROR (PcdStatus);
diff --git a/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLibBhyve/BdsPlatform.c b/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLibBhyve/BdsPlatform.c
index 119f24b330..bf2701965f 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLibBhyve/BdsPlatform.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLibBhyve/BdsPlatform.c
@@ -434,6 +434,11 @@ PlatformBootManagerBeforeConsole (
   //
   EfiBootManagerDispatchDeferredImages ();
 
+  //
+  // GPU passthrough only allows Console enablement after ROM image load
+  //
+  PlatformInitializeConsole (gPlatformConsole);
+
   PlatformRegisterOptionsAndKeys ();
 
   //
diff --git a/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLibGrub/BdsPlatform.c b/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLibGrub/BdsPlatform.c
index 9c6848bbff..a402589206 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLibGrub/BdsPlatform.c
+++ b/OvmfPkg/Library/PlatformBootManagerLibGrub/BdsPlatform.c
@@ -392,6 +392,11 @@ PlatformBootManagerBeforeConsole (
   //
   EfiBootManagerDispatchDeferredImages ();
 
+  //
+  // GPU passthrough only allows Console enablement after ROM image load
+  //
+  PlatformInitializeConsole (gPlatformConsole);
+
   Status = gRT->SetVariable (
                   EFI_TIME_OUT_VARIABLE_NAME,
                   &gEfiGlobalVariableGuid,