diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index 21176d02e21a..9168c4f1a37f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -615,6 +615,13 @@ static int gpr_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int fpr_active(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset)
+{
+	if (!system_supports_fpsimd())
+		return -ENODEV;
+	return regset->n;
+}
+
 /*
  * TODO: update fp accessors for lazy context switching (sync/flush hwstate)
  */
@@ -637,6 +644,9 @@ static int fpr_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 		   unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
 		   void *kbuf, void __user *ubuf)
 {
+	if (!system_supports_fpsimd())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (target == current)
 		fpsimd_preserve_current_state();
 
@@ -676,6 +686,9 @@ static int fpr_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!system_supports_fpsimd())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = __fpr_set(target, regset, pos, count, kbuf, ubuf, 0);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1134,6 +1147,7 @@ static const struct user_regset aarch64_regsets[] = {
 		 */
 		.size = sizeof(u32),
 		.align = sizeof(u32),
+		.active = fpr_active,
 		.get = fpr_get,
 		.set = fpr_set
 	},
@@ -1348,6 +1362,9 @@ static int compat_vfp_get(struct task_struct *target,
 	compat_ulong_t fpscr;
 	int ret, vregs_end_pos;
 
+	if (!system_supports_fpsimd())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	uregs = &target->thread.uw.fpsimd_state;
 
 	if (target == current)
@@ -1381,6 +1398,9 @@ static int compat_vfp_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	compat_ulong_t fpscr;
 	int ret, vregs_end_pos;
 
+	if (!system_supports_fpsimd())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	uregs = &target->thread.uw.fpsimd_state;
 
 	vregs_end_pos = VFP_STATE_SIZE - sizeof(compat_ulong_t);
@@ -1438,6 +1458,7 @@ static const struct user_regset aarch32_regsets[] = {
 		.n = VFP_STATE_SIZE / sizeof(compat_ulong_t),
 		.size = sizeof(compat_ulong_t),
 		.align = sizeof(compat_ulong_t),
+		.active = fpr_active,
 		.get = compat_vfp_get,
 		.set = compat_vfp_set
 	},