diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h
index 075539f5f1c8..adcb937342f1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <linux/bitfield.h>
+#include <linux/kasan-enabled.h>
 #include <linux/page-flags.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable-types.h>
@@ -86,6 +88,26 @@ static inline int mte_ptrace_copy_tags(struct task_struct *child,
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_MTE */
 
+static inline void mte_disable_tco_entry(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	if (!system_supports_mte())
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Re-enable tag checking (TCO set on exception entry). This is only
+	 * necessary if MTE is enabled in either the kernel or the userspace
+	 * task in synchronous or asymmetric mode (SCTLR_EL1.TCF0 bit 0 is set
+	 * for both). With MTE disabled in the kernel and disabled or
+	 * asynchronous in userspace, tag check faults (including in uaccesses)
+	 * are not reported, therefore there is no need to re-enable checking.
+	 * This is beneficial on microarchitectures where re-enabling TCO is
+	 * expensive.
+	 */
+	if (kasan_hw_tags_enabled() ||
+	    (task->thread.sctlr_user & (1UL << SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_SHIFT)))
+		asm volatile(SET_PSTATE_TCO(0));
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS
 /* Whether the MTE asynchronous mode is enabled. */
 DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mte_async_or_asymm_mode);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
index ef7fcefb96bd..7093b578e325 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/context_tracking.h>
+#include <linux/kasan.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ static void noinstr enter_from_kernel_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	__enter_from_kernel_mode(regs);
 	mte_check_tfsr_entry();
+	mte_disable_tco_entry(current);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ static __always_inline void __enter_from_user_mode(void)
 	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_USER);
 	user_exit_irqoff();
 	trace_hardirqs_off_finish();
+	mte_disable_tco_entry(current);
 }
 
 static __always_inline void enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 772ec2ecf488..e1013a83d4f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -308,13 +308,6 @@ alternative_if ARM64_HAS_IRQ_PRIO_MASKING
 	msr_s	SYS_ICC_PMR_EL1, x20
 alternative_else_nop_endif
 
-	/* Re-enable tag checking (TCO set on exception entry) */
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
-alternative_if ARM64_MTE
-	SET_PSTATE_TCO(0)
-alternative_else_nop_endif
-#endif
-
 	/*
 	 * Registers that may be useful after this macro is invoked:
 	 *
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
index f418ebc65f95..f983795b5eda 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ void mte_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next)
 	mte_update_sctlr_user(next);
 	mte_update_gcr_excl(next);
 
+	/* TCO may not have been disabled on exception entry for the current task. */
+	mte_disable_tco_entry(next);
+
 	/*
 	 * Check if an async tag exception occurred at EL1.
 	 *