diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 2d7df8703cf2..3cf7bac67239 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ This option sets the time out limit. The default value is 500 ms.
 
 --switch-events::
 Record context switch events i.e. events of type PERF_RECORD_SWITCH or
-PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE. In some cases (e.g. Intel PT or CoreSight)
+PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE. In some cases (e.g. Intel PT, CoreSight or Arm SPE)
 switch events will be enabled automatically, which can be suppressed by
 by the option --no-switch-events.
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
index d32431ac15cc..2100d46ccf5e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -254,8 +254,10 @@ static int arm_spe_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 	if (!perf_cpu_map__empty(cpus)) {
 		evsel__set_sample_bit(tracking_evsel, TIME);
 		evsel__set_sample_bit(tracking_evsel, CPU);
+
 		/* also track task context switch */
-		tracking_evsel->core.attr.context_switch = 1;
+		if (!record_opts__no_switch_events(opts))
+			tracking_evsel->core.attr.context_switch = 1;
 	}
 
 	return 0;