diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
index 54d34276fa91..ee82ebbb5e5a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #define MTE_CTRL_GCR_USER_EXCL_SHIFT	0
 #define MTE_CTRL_GCR_USER_EXCL_MASK	0xffff
 
+#define MTE_CTRL_TCF_SYNC		(1UL << 16)
+#define MTE_CTRL_TCF_ASYNC		(1UL << 17)
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <linux/build_bug.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
index a5269558210c..3b6b68518003 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
@@ -193,14 +193,19 @@ void mte_check_tfsr_el1(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-static void set_gcr_el1_excl(u64 excl)
+static void mte_update_sctlr_user(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	current->thread.mte_ctrl = excl;
+	unsigned long sctlr = task->thread.sctlr_user;
+	unsigned long pref = MTE_CTRL_TCF_ASYNC;
+	unsigned long mte_ctrl = task->thread.mte_ctrl;
+	unsigned long resolved_mte_tcf = (mte_ctrl & pref) ? pref : mte_ctrl;
 
-	/*
-	 * SYS_GCR_EL1 will be set to current->thread.gcr_user_excl value
-	 * by mte_set_user_gcr() in kernel_exit,
-	 */
+	sctlr &= ~SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_MASK;
+	if (resolved_mte_tcf & MTE_CTRL_TCF_ASYNC)
+		sctlr |= SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_ASYNC;
+	else if (resolved_mte_tcf & MTE_CTRL_TCF_SYNC)
+		sctlr |= SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_SYNC;
+	task->thread.sctlr_user = sctlr;
 }
 
 void mte_thread_init_user(void)
@@ -212,15 +217,16 @@ void mte_thread_init_user(void)
 	dsb(ish);
 	write_sysreg_s(0, SYS_TFSRE0_EL1);
 	clear_thread_flag(TIF_MTE_ASYNC_FAULT);
-	/* disable tag checking */
-	set_task_sctlr_el1((current->thread.sctlr_user & ~SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_MASK) |
-			   SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_NONE);
-	/* reset tag generation mask */
-	set_gcr_el1_excl(SYS_GCR_EL1_EXCL_MASK);
+	/* disable tag checking and reset tag generation mask */
+	current->thread.mte_ctrl = MTE_CTRL_GCR_USER_EXCL_MASK;
+	mte_update_sctlr_user(current);
+	set_task_sctlr_el1(current->thread.sctlr_user);
 }
 
 void mte_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next)
 {
+	mte_update_sctlr_user(next);
+
 	/*
 	 * Check if an async tag exception occurred at EL1.
 	 *
@@ -259,33 +265,21 @@ void mte_suspend_exit(void)
 
 long set_mte_ctrl(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	u64 sctlr = task->thread.sctlr_user & ~SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_MASK;
 	u64 mte_ctrl = (~((arg & PR_MTE_TAG_MASK) >> PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT) &
 			SYS_GCR_EL1_EXCL_MASK) << MTE_CTRL_GCR_USER_EXCL_SHIFT;
 
 	if (!system_supports_mte())
 		return 0;
 
-	switch (arg & PR_MTE_TCF_MASK) {
-	case PR_MTE_TCF_NONE:
-		sctlr |= SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_NONE;
-		break;
-	case PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC:
-		sctlr |= SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_SYNC;
-		break;
-	case PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC:
-		sctlr |= SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_ASYNC;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	if (arg & PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC)
+		mte_ctrl |= MTE_CTRL_TCF_ASYNC;
+	if (arg & PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC)
+		mte_ctrl |= MTE_CTRL_TCF_SYNC;
 
-	if (task != current) {
-		task->thread.sctlr_user = sctlr;
-		task->thread.mte_ctrl = mte_ctrl;
-	} else {
-		set_task_sctlr_el1(sctlr);
-		set_gcr_el1_excl(mte_ctrl);
+	task->thread.mte_ctrl = mte_ctrl;
+	if (task == current) {
+		mte_update_sctlr_user(task);
+		set_task_sctlr_el1(task->thread.sctlr_user);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -302,18 +296,10 @@ long get_mte_ctrl(struct task_struct *task)
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = incl << PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT;
-
-	switch (task->thread.sctlr_user & SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_MASK) {
-	case SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_NONE:
-		ret |= PR_MTE_TCF_NONE;
-		break;
-	case SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_SYNC:
-		ret |= PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC;
-		break;
-	case SCTLR_EL1_TCF0_ASYNC:
+	if (mte_ctrl & MTE_CTRL_TCF_ASYNC)
 		ret |= PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC;
-		break;
-	}
+	if (mte_ctrl & MTE_CTRL_TCF_SYNC)
+		ret |= PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC;
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index 967d9c55323d..89de78a14b9b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -234,14 +234,15 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
 #define PR_GET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL		56
 # define PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE		(1UL << 0)
 /* MTE tag check fault modes */
-# define PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT		1
-# define PR_MTE_TCF_NONE		(0UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
-# define PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC		(1UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
-# define PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC		(2UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
-# define PR_MTE_TCF_MASK		(3UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
+# define PR_MTE_TCF_NONE		0
+# define PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC		(1UL << 1)
+# define PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC		(1UL << 2)
+# define PR_MTE_TCF_MASK		(PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC | PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC)
 /* MTE tag inclusion mask */
 # define PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT		3
 # define PR_MTE_TAG_MASK		(0xffffUL << PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT)
+/* Unused; kept only for source compatibility */
+# define PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT		1
 
 /* Control reclaim behavior when allocating memory */
 #define PR_SET_IO_FLUSHER		57