diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
index 991a93172456..0be7d6470b87 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ static void pkvm_vcpu_reset_hcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	if (vcpu_has_ptrauth(vcpu))
 		vcpu->arch.hcr_el2 |= (HCR_API | HCR_APK);
+
+	if (kvm_has_mte(vcpu->kvm))
+		vcpu->arch.hcr_el2 |= HCR_ATA;
 }
 
 static void pkvm_vcpu_reset_hcrx(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu)