diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c b/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c
index 0dea80bf6de4..b44931deb227 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ void copy_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from)
 
 	copy_page(kto, kfrom);
 
+	page_kasan_tag_reset(to);
+
 	if (system_supports_mte() && test_bit(PG_mte_tagged, &from->flags)) {
 		set_bit(PG_mte_tagged, &to->flags);
-		page_kasan_tag_reset(to);
 		/*
 		 * We need smp_wmb() in between setting the flags and clearing the
 		 * tags because if another thread reads page->flags and builds a