diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
index eb42b00dce54e..7cb2d89ead83b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
@@ -815,8 +815,7 @@ void fpsimd_sync_to_sve(struct task_struct *task)
  */
 void sve_sync_to_fpsimd(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	if (test_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_SVE) ||
-	    thread_sm_enabled(&task->thread))
+	if (task->thread.fp_type == FP_STATE_SVE)
 		sve_to_fpsimd(task);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index 8a7c91791c162..979dbdc36d52b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -907,8 +907,6 @@ static int sve_set_common(struct task_struct *target,
 		ret = __fpr_set(target, regset, pos, count, kbuf, ubuf,
 				SVE_PT_FPSIMD_OFFSET);
 		clear_tsk_thread_flag(target, TIF_SVE);
-		if (type == ARM64_VEC_SME)
-			fpsimd_force_sync_to_sve(target);
 		target->thread.fp_type = FP_STATE_FPSIMD;
 		goto out;
 	}