diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index 76b7c55026aa..03689c0beb34 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -579,17 +579,22 @@ void arch_setup_new_exec(void)
 /*
  * Control the relaxed ABI allowing tagged user addresses into the kernel.
  */
-static unsigned int tagged_addr_prctl_allowed = 1;
+static unsigned int tagged_addr_disabled;
 
 long set_tagged_addr_ctrl(unsigned long arg)
 {
-	if (!tagged_addr_prctl_allowed)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (is_compat_task())
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (arg & ~PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/*
+	 * Do not allow the enabling of the tagged address ABI if globally
+	 * disabled via sysctl abi.tagged_addr_disabled.
+	 */
+	if (arg & PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE && tagged_addr_disabled)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	update_thread_flag(TIF_TAGGED_ADDR, arg & PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -597,8 +602,6 @@ long set_tagged_addr_ctrl(unsigned long arg)
 
 long get_tagged_addr_ctrl(void)
 {
-	if (!tagged_addr_prctl_allowed)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (is_compat_task())
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -618,9 +621,9 @@ static int one = 1;
 
 static struct ctl_table tagged_addr_sysctl_table[] = {
 	{
-		.procname	= "tagged_addr",
+		.procname	= "tagged_addr_disabled",
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.data		= &tagged_addr_prctl_allowed,
+		.data		= &tagged_addr_disabled,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= &zero,