diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
index 310690332896448fe389e452174f3f6b629650bf..2e7e0f452301820efc4ccf45730cd5d627778d65 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@ extern bool arm64_use_ng_mappings;
 #define PTE_MAYBE_NG		(arm64_use_ng_mappings ? PTE_NG : 0)
 #define PMD_MAYBE_NG		(arm64_use_ng_mappings ? PMD_SECT_NG : 0)
 
+/*
+ * If we have userspace only BTI we don't want to mark kernel pages
+ * guarded even if the system does support BTI.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_BTI_KERNEL
 #define PTE_MAYBE_GP		(system_supports_bti() ? PTE_GP : 0)
+#else
+#define PTE_MAYBE_GP		0
+#endif
 
 #define PROT_DEFAULT		(_PROT_DEFAULT | PTE_MAYBE_NG)
 #define PROT_SECT_DEFAULT	(_PROT_SECT_DEFAULT | PMD_MAYBE_NG)