diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h
index bec5f14b622a..ebb263b2d3b1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ extern void sve_flush_live(void);
 extern void sve_load_from_fpsimd_state(struct user_fpsimd_state const *state,
 				       unsigned long vq_minus_1);
 extern unsigned int sve_get_vl(void);
+extern void sve_set_vq(unsigned long vq_minus_1);
 
 struct arm64_cpu_capabilities;
 extern void sve_kernel_enable(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *__unused);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-fpsimd.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-fpsimd.S
index 2ca395c25448..3ecec60d3295 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-fpsimd.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-fpsimd.S
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(sve_get_vl)
 	ret
 SYM_FUNC_END(sve_get_vl)
 
+SYM_FUNC_START(sve_set_vq)
+	sve_load_vq x0, x1, x2
+	ret
+SYM_FUNC_END(sve_set_vq)
+
 /*
  * Load SVE state from FPSIMD state.
  *
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
index 062b21f30f94..0f58e45bd3d1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
@@ -926,9 +926,8 @@ void fpsimd_release_task(struct task_struct *dead_task)
  * Trapped SVE access
  *
  * Storage is allocated for the full SVE state, the current FPSIMD
- * register contents are migrated across, and TIF_SVE is set so that
- * the SVE access trap will be disabled the next time this task
- * reaches ret_to_user.
+ * register contents are migrated across, and the access trap is
+ * disabled.
  *
  * TIF_SVE should be clear on entry: otherwise, fpsimd_restore_current_state()
  * would have disabled the SVE access trap for userspace during
@@ -946,15 +945,24 @@ void do_sve_acc(unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	get_cpu_fpsimd_context();
 
-	fpsimd_save();
-
-	/* Force ret_to_user to reload the registers: */
-	fpsimd_flush_task_state(current);
-
-	fpsimd_to_sve(current);
 	if (test_and_set_thread_flag(TIF_SVE))
 		WARN_ON(1); /* SVE access shouldn't have trapped */
 
+	/*
+	 * Convert the FPSIMD state to SVE, zeroing all the state that
+	 * is not shared with FPSIMD. If (as is likely) the current
+	 * state is live in the registers then do this there and
+	 * update our metadata for the current task including
+	 * disabling the trap, otherwise update our in-memory copy.
+	 */
+	if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE)) {
+		sve_set_vq(sve_vq_from_vl(current->thread.sve_vl) - 1);
+		sve_flush_live();
+		fpsimd_bind_task_to_cpu();
+	} else {
+		fpsimd_to_sve(current);
+	}
+
 	put_cpu_fpsimd_context();
 }