diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index c31f8e17732a..c3f900f81653 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 #include <asm/kvm_host.h>
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
+#include <asm/mpam.h>
 #include <asm/mte.h>
 #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -2492,13 +2493,17 @@ test_has_mpam(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry, int scope)
 static void
 cpu_enable_mpam(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Access by the kernel (at EL1) should use the reserved PARTID
-	 * which is configured unrestricted. This avoids priority-inversion
-	 * where latency sensitive tasks have to wait for a task that has
-	 * been throttled to release the lock.
-	 */
-	write_sysreg_s(0, SYS_MPAM1_EL1);
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	u64 regval = 0;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_MPAM) && static_branch_likely(&mpam_enabled))
+		regval = READ_ONCE(per_cpu(arm64_mpam_current, cpu));
+
+	write_sysreg_s(regval | MPAM1_EL1_MPAMEN, SYS_MPAM1_EL1);
+	isb();
+
+	/* Synchronising the EL0 write is left until the ERET to EL0 */
+	write_sysreg_s(regval, SYS_MPAM0_EL1);
 }
 
 static bool