diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
index b0f27de8de33..88ccd8afbddb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ u8 mte_get_mem_tag(void *addr);
 u8 mte_get_random_tag(void);
 void *mte_set_mem_tag_range(void *addr, size_t size, u8 tag);
 
+void mte_init_tags(u64 max_tag);
+
 #else /* CONFIG_ARM64_MTE */
 
 static inline u8 mte_get_ptr_tag(void *ptr)
@@ -53,6 +55,10 @@ static inline void *mte_set_mem_tag_range(void *addr, size_t size, u8 tag)
 	return addr;
 }
 
+static inline void mte_init_tags(u64 max_tag)
+{
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_MTE */
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h
index 3a2bf3ccb26c..a27ec109ffe8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/pgtable-types.h>
 
+extern u64 gcr_kernel_excl;
+
 void mte_clear_page_tags(void *addr);
 unsigned long mte_copy_tags_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from,
 				      unsigned long n);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 7d32fc959b1a..dfe6ed8446ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ int main(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH
   DEFINE(THREAD_KEYS_USER,	offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.keys_user));
   DEFINE(THREAD_KEYS_KERNEL,	offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.keys_kernel));
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
+  DEFINE(THREAD_GCR_EL1_USER,	offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.gcr_user_excl));
 #endif
   BLANK();
   DEFINE(S_X0,			offsetof(struct pt_regs, regs[0]));
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index eca06b8c74db..e76634ad5bc7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1721,6 +1721,9 @@ static void cpu_enable_mte(struct arm64_cpu_capabilities const *cap)
 
 	/* Enable in-kernel MTE only if KASAN_HW_TAGS is enabled */
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS)) {
+		/* Enable the kernel exclude mask for random tags generation */
+		write_sysreg_s(SYS_GCR_EL1_RRND | gcr_kernel_excl, SYS_GCR_EL1);
+
 		/* Enable MTE Sync Mode for EL1 */
 		sysreg_clear_set(sctlr_el1, SCTLR_ELx_TCF_MASK, SCTLR_ELx_TCF_SYNC);
 		isb();
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index ff34461524d4..c7cc1fdfbd1a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -175,6 +175,49 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 #endif
 	.endm
 
+	.macro mte_set_gcr, tmp, tmp2
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
+alternative_if_not ARM64_MTE
+	b	1f
+alternative_else_nop_endif
+	/*
+	 * Calculate and set the exclude mask preserving
+	 * the RRND (bit[16]) setting.
+	 */
+	mrs_s	\tmp2, SYS_GCR_EL1
+	bfi	\tmp2, \tmp, #0, #16
+	msr_s	SYS_GCR_EL1, \tmp2
+	isb
+1:
+#endif
+	.endm
+
+	.macro mte_set_kernel_gcr, tsk, tmp, tmp2
+#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
+alternative_if_not ARM64_MTE
+	b	1f
+alternative_else_nop_endif
+	ldr_l	\tmp, gcr_kernel_excl
+
+	mte_set_gcr \tmp, \tmp2
+1:
+#endif
+#endif
+	.endm
+
+	.macro mte_set_user_gcr, tsk, tmp, tmp2
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
+alternative_if_not ARM64_MTE
+	b	1f
+alternative_else_nop_endif
+	ldr	\tmp, [\tsk, #THREAD_GCR_EL1_USER]
+
+	mte_set_gcr \tmp, \tmp2
+1:
+#endif
+	.endm
+
 	.macro	kernel_entry, el, regsize = 64
 	.if	\regsize == 32
 	mov	w0, w0				// zero upper 32 bits of x0
@@ -214,6 +257,8 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 
 	ptrauth_keys_install_kernel tsk, x20, x22, x23
 
+	mte_set_kernel_gcr tsk, x22, x23
+
 	scs_load tsk, x20
 	.else
 	add	x21, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE
@@ -332,6 +377,8 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 	/* No kernel C function calls after this as user keys are set. */
 	ptrauth_keys_install_user tsk, x0, x1, x2
 
+	mte_set_user_gcr tsk, x0, x1
+
 	apply_ssbd 0, x0, x1
 	.endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
index 393d0c794be4..c3b4f056fc54 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/sysreg.h>
 
+u64 gcr_kernel_excl __ro_after_init;
+
 static void mte_sync_page_tags(struct page *page, pte_t *ptep, bool check_swap)
 {
 	pte_t old_pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
@@ -116,6 +118,13 @@ void *mte_set_mem_tag_range(void *addr, size_t size, u8 tag)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
+void mte_init_tags(u64 max_tag)
+{
+	u64 incl = GENMASK(max_tag & MTE_TAG_MAX, 0);
+
+	gcr_kernel_excl = ~incl & SYS_GCR_EL1_EXCL_MASK;
+}
+
 static void update_sctlr_el1_tcf0(u64 tcf0)
 {
 	/* ISB required for the kernel uaccess routines */
@@ -151,7 +160,11 @@ static void update_gcr_el1_excl(u64 excl)
 static void set_gcr_el1_excl(u64 excl)
 {
 	current->thread.gcr_user_excl = excl;
-	update_gcr_el1_excl(excl);
+
+	/*
+	 * SYS_GCR_EL1 will be set to current->thread.gcr_user_incl value
+	 * by mte_restore_gcr() in kernel_exit,
+	 */
 }
 
 void flush_mte_state(void)
@@ -177,7 +190,6 @@ void mte_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next)
 	/* avoid expensive SCTLR_EL1 accesses if no change */
 	if (current->thread.sctlr_tcf0 != next->thread.sctlr_tcf0)
 		update_sctlr_el1_tcf0(next->thread.sctlr_tcf0);
-	update_gcr_el1_excl(next->thread.gcr_user_excl);
 }
 
 void mte_suspend_exit(void)
@@ -185,7 +197,7 @@ void mte_suspend_exit(void)
 	if (!system_supports_mte())
 		return;
 
-	update_gcr_el1_excl(current->thread.gcr_user_excl);
+	update_gcr_el1_excl(gcr_kernel_excl);
 }
 
 long set_mte_ctrl(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long arg)
