diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
index d683bcbf1e7c074fd007a794117a7c66ebe13ea1..22f73fe0903099fcb777d92f430a01292f69a389 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 #define KERNEL_HWCAP_DGH		__khwcap2_feature(DGH)
 #define KERNEL_HWCAP_RNG		__khwcap2_feature(RNG)
 #define KERNEL_HWCAP_BTI		__khwcap2_feature(BTI)
+/* reserved for KERNEL_HWCAP_MTE	__khwcap2_feature(MTE) */
 
 /*
  * This yields a mask that user programs can use to figure out what
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
index 2d6ba1c2592ed1d825a7a51fd645fd62f5a25647..912162f735298d74cb28ec7afdd9b178ee3f4fa9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
@@ -74,5 +74,6 @@
 #define HWCAP2_DGH		(1 << 15)
 #define HWCAP2_RNG		(1 << 16)
 #define HWCAP2_BTI		(1 << 17)
+/* reserved for HWCAP2_MTE	(1 << 18) */
 
 #endif /* _UAPI__ASM_HWCAP_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
index 86637466daa8566646dc6f803a7dee218d4d5be7..393c6fb1f1cb438c2cf0cb09ba922cf1e2250e59 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ static const char *const hwcap_str[] = {
 	"dgh",
 	"rng",
 	"bti",
+	/* reserved for "mte" */
 	NULL
 };