diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h
index 6d4a78b9dc3e..7f7b97e09996 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ static inline void mte_check_tfsr_entry(void)
 	if (!kasan_hw_tags_enabled())
 		return;
 
+	if (!system_uses_mte_async_or_asymm_mode())
+		return;
+
 	mte_check_tfsr_el1();
 }
 
@@ -260,6 +263,9 @@ static inline void mte_check_tfsr_exit(void)
 	if (!kasan_hw_tags_enabled())
 		return;
 
+	if (!system_uses_mte_async_or_asymm_mode())
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * The asynchronous faults are sync'ed automatically with
 	 * TFSR_EL1 on kernel entry but for exit an explicit dsb()
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
index 32148bf09c1d..66119758561d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ void mte_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next)
 	/* TCO may not have been disabled on exception entry for the current task. */
 	mte_disable_tco_entry(next);
 
+	if (!system_uses_mte_async_or_asymm_mode())
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check if an async tag exception occurred at EL1.
 	 *
@@ -350,6 +353,9 @@ void mte_suspend_enter(void)
 	if (!system_supports_mte())
 		return;
 
+	if (!system_uses_mte_async_or_asymm_mode())
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * The barriers are required to guarantee that the indirect writes
 	 * to TFSR_EL1 are synchronized before we report the state.