diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index b2adcce7bc18..6b7dcf4310ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -314,6 +314,15 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
 	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_SVE);
 	p->thread.sve_state = NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * In case p was allocated the same task_struct pointer as some
+	 * other recently-exited task, make sure p is disassociated from
+	 * any cpu that may have run that now-exited task recently.
+	 * Otherwise we could erroneously skip reloading the FPSIMD
+	 * registers for p.
+	 */
+	fpsimd_flush_task_state(p);
+
 	if (likely(!(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))) {
 		*childregs = *current_pt_regs();
 		childregs->regs[0] = 0;