diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mman.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mman.h
index e3e28f7daf62..56bc2e4e81a6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mman.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #define __ASM_MMAN_H__
 
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <uapi/asm/mman.h>
 
@@ -21,19 +23,21 @@ static inline unsigned long arch_calc_vm_prot_bits(unsigned long prot,
 }
 #define arch_calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, pkey) arch_calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, pkey)
 
-static inline unsigned long arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(unsigned long flags)
+static inline unsigned long arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(struct file *file,
+						   unsigned long flags)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Only allow MTE on anonymous mappings as these are guaranteed to be
 	 * backed by tags-capable memory. The vm_flags may be overridden by a
 	 * filesystem supporting MTE (RAM-based).
 	 */
-	if (system_supports_mte() && (flags & MAP_ANONYMOUS))
+	if (system_supports_mte() &&
+	    ((flags & MAP_ANONYMOUS) || shmem_file(file)))
 		return VM_MTE_ALLOWED;
 
 	return 0;
 }
-#define arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(flags) arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(flags)
+#define arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(file, flags) arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(file, flags)
 
 static inline pgprot_t arch_vm_get_page_prot(unsigned long vm_flags)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/mman.h b/include/linux/mman.h
index b66e91b8176c..c5569219de01 100644
--- a/include/linux/mman.h
+++ b/include/linux/mman.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_MMAN_H
 #define _LINUX_MMAN_H
 
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ static inline void vm_unacct_memory(long pages)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef arch_calc_vm_flag_bits
-#define arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(flags) 0
+#define arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(file, flags) 0
 #endif
 
 #ifndef arch_vm_get_page_prot
@@ -151,12 +152,12 @@ calc_vm_prot_bits(unsigned long prot, unsigned long pkey)
  * Combine the mmap "flags" argument into "vm_flags" used internally.
  */
 static inline unsigned long
-calc_vm_flag_bits(unsigned long flags)
+calc_vm_flag_bits(struct file *file, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	return _calc_vm_trans(flags, MAP_GROWSDOWN,  VM_GROWSDOWN ) |
 	       _calc_vm_trans(flags, MAP_LOCKED,     VM_LOCKED    ) |
 	       _calc_vm_trans(flags, MAP_SYNC,	     VM_SYNC      ) |
-	       arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(flags);
+	       arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(file, flags);
 }
 
 unsigned long vm_commit_limit(void);
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index d19fdcf2aa26..a766b1c1af32 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	 * to. we assume access permissions have been handled by the open
 	 * of the memory object, so we don't do any here.
 	 */
-	vm_flags = calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, pkey) | calc_vm_flag_bits(flags) |
+	vm_flags = calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, pkey) | calc_vm_flag_bits(file, flags) |
 			mm->def_flags | VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC;
 
 	if (flags & MAP_LOCKED)
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 084dd593913e..8b5c95528b00 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ static unsigned long determine_vm_flags(struct file *file,
 {
 	unsigned long vm_flags;
 
-	vm_flags = calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, 0) | calc_vm_flag_bits(flags);
+	vm_flags = calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, 0) | calc_vm_flag_bits(file, flags);
 	/* vm_flags |= mm->def_flags; */
 
 	if (!(capabilities & NOMMU_MAP_DIRECT)) {
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 663fb117cd87..431a48e1b90c 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2266,9 +2266,6 @@ static int shmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	/* arm64 - allow memory tagging on RAM-based files */
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_MTE_ALLOWED;
-
 	file_accessed(file);
 	vma->vm_ops = &shmem_vm_ops;
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&