diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 6f986e09a7815e804cd73902e2537147ec733864..f0fe0cc6abe0b1636e1cd894097a1cf1a985b427 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -176,10 +176,21 @@ static inline void __uaccess_enable_hw_pan(void)
  * The Tag check override (TCO) bit disables temporarily the tag checking
  * preventing the issue.
  */
-static inline void uaccess_disable_privileged(void)
+static inline void __uaccess_disable_tco(void)
 {
 	asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("nop", SET_PSTATE_TCO(0),
 				 ARM64_MTE, CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS));
+}
+
+static inline void __uaccess_enable_tco(void)
+{
+	asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("nop", SET_PSTATE_TCO(1),
+				 ARM64_MTE, CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS));
+}
+
+static inline void uaccess_disable_privileged(void)
+{
+	__uaccess_disable_tco();
 
 	if (uaccess_ttbr0_disable())
 		return;
@@ -189,8 +200,7 @@ static inline void uaccess_disable_privileged(void)
 
 static inline void uaccess_enable_privileged(void)
 {
-	asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("nop", SET_PSTATE_TCO(1),
-				 ARM64_MTE, CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS));
+	__uaccess_enable_tco();
 
 	if (uaccess_ttbr0_enable())
 		return;