diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index e3bef38fc2e2..964d0446dae9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -729,7 +729,6 @@ static void sve_init_header_from_task(struct user_sve_header *header,
 {
 	unsigned int vq;
 	bool active;
-	bool fpsimd_only;
 	enum vec_type task_type;
 
 	memset(header, 0, sizeof(*header));
@@ -745,12 +744,10 @@ static void sve_init_header_from_task(struct user_sve_header *header,
 	case ARM64_VEC_SVE:
 		if (test_tsk_thread_flag(target, TIF_SVE_VL_INHERIT))
 			header->flags |= SVE_PT_VL_INHERIT;
-		fpsimd_only = !test_tsk_thread_flag(target, TIF_SVE);
 		break;
 	case ARM64_VEC_SME:
 		if (test_tsk_thread_flag(target, TIF_SME_VL_INHERIT))
 			header->flags |= SVE_PT_VL_INHERIT;
-		fpsimd_only = false;
 		break;
 	default:
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
@@ -758,7 +755,7 @@ static void sve_init_header_from_task(struct user_sve_header *header,
 	}
 
 	if (active) {
-		if (fpsimd_only) {
+		if (target->thread.fp_type == FP_STATE_FPSIMD) {
 			header->flags |= SVE_PT_REGS_FPSIMD;
 		} else {
 			header->flags |= SVE_PT_REGS_SVE;