diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c b/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c
index 731d8a35701ea..6dbc822332f2a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ void copy_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from)
 	copy_page(kto, kfrom);
 
 	if (system_supports_mte() && page_mte_tagged(from)) {
-		page_kasan_tag_reset(to);
+		if (kasan_hw_tags_enabled())
+			page_kasan_tag_reset(to);
 		mte_copy_page_tags(kto, kfrom);
 		set_page_mte_tagged(to);
 	}