diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index 103d90adf304..1559a239137f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1469,6 +1469,8 @@ static int poe_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct
 	if (!system_supports_poe())
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	ctrl = target->thread.por_el0;
+
 	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, &ctrl, 0, -1);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;