diff --git a/target/arm/translate-a64.h b/target/arm/translate-a64.h
index 3668b671dd..868d355048 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-a64.h
+++ b/target/arm/translate-a64.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ TCGv_i64 clean_data_tbi(DisasContext *s, TCGv_i64 addr);
 TCGv_i64 gen_mte_check1(DisasContext *s, TCGv_i64 addr, bool is_write,
                         bool tag_checked, int log2_size);
 TCGv_i64 gen_mte_checkN(DisasContext *s, TCGv_i64 addr, bool is_write,
-                        bool tag_checked, int count, int log2_esize);
+                        bool tag_checked, int size);
 
 /* We should have at some point before trying to access an FP register
  * done the necessary access check, so assert that
diff --git a/target/arm/translate-a64.c b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
index a68d5dd5d1..f35a5e8174 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-a64.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
@@ -295,9 +295,9 @@ TCGv_i64 gen_mte_check1(DisasContext *s, TCGv_i64 addr, bool is_write,
  * For MTE, check multiple logical sequential accesses.
  */
 TCGv_i64 gen_mte_checkN(DisasContext *s, TCGv_i64 addr, bool is_write,
-                        bool tag_checked, int log2_esize, int total_size)
+                        bool tag_checked, int size)
 {
-    if (tag_checked && s->mte_active[0] && total_size != (1 << log2_esize)) {
+    if (tag_checked && s->mte_active[0]) {
         TCGv_i32 tcg_desc;
         TCGv_i64 ret;
         int desc = 0;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ TCGv_i64 gen_mte_checkN(DisasContext *s, TCGv_i64 addr, bool is_write,
         desc = FIELD_DP32(desc, MTEDESC, TBI, s->tbid);
         desc = FIELD_DP32(desc, MTEDESC, TCMA, s->tcma);
         desc = FIELD_DP32(desc, MTEDESC, WRITE, is_write);
-        desc = FIELD_DP32(desc, MTEDESC, SIZEM1, total_size - 1);
+        desc = FIELD_DP32(desc, MTEDESC, SIZEM1, size - 1);
         tcg_desc = tcg_const_i32(desc);
 
         ret = new_tmp_a64(s);
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ TCGv_i64 gen_mte_checkN(DisasContext *s, TCGv_i64 addr, bool is_write,
 
         return ret;
     }
-    return gen_mte_check1(s, addr, is_write, tag_checked, log2_esize);
+    return clean_data_tbi(s, addr);
 }
 
 typedef struct DisasCompare64 {
@@ -2965,8 +2965,7 @@ static void disas_ldst_pair(DisasContext *s, uint32_t insn)
     }
 
     clean_addr = gen_mte_checkN(s, dirty_addr, !is_load,
-                                (wback || rn != 31) && !set_tag,
-                                size, 2 << size);
+                                (wback || rn != 31) && !set_tag, 2 << size);
 
     if (is_vector) {
         if (is_load) {
@@ -3713,7 +3712,7 @@ static void disas_ldst_multiple_struct(DisasContext *s, uint32_t insn)
      * promote consecutive little-endian elements below.
      */
     clean_addr = gen_mte_checkN(s, tcg_rn, is_store, is_postidx || rn != 31,
-                                size, total);
+                                total);
 
     /*
      * Consecutive little-endian elements from a single register
@@ -3866,7 +3865,7 @@ static void disas_ldst_single_struct(DisasContext *s, uint32_t insn)
     tcg_rn = cpu_reg_sp(s, rn);
 
     clean_addr = gen_mte_checkN(s, tcg_rn, !is_load, is_postidx || rn != 31,
-                                scale, total);
+                                total);
 
     tcg_ebytes = tcg_const_i64(1 << scale);
     for (xs = 0; xs < selem; xs++) {
diff --git a/target/arm/translate-sve.c b/target/arm/translate-sve.c
index 5179c1f836..584c4d047c 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-sve.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate-sve.c
@@ -4264,7 +4264,7 @@ static void do_ldr(DisasContext *s, uint32_t vofs, int len, int rn, int imm)
 
     dirty_addr = tcg_temp_new_i64();
     tcg_gen_addi_i64(dirty_addr, cpu_reg_sp(s, rn), imm);
-    clean_addr = gen_mte_checkN(s, dirty_addr, false, rn != 31, len, MO_8);
+    clean_addr = gen_mte_checkN(s, dirty_addr, false, rn != 31, len);
     tcg_temp_free_i64(dirty_addr);
 
     /*
@@ -4352,7 +4352,7 @@ static void do_str(DisasContext *s, uint32_t vofs, int len, int rn, int imm)
 
     dirty_addr = tcg_temp_new_i64();
     tcg_gen_addi_i64(dirty_addr, cpu_reg_sp(s, rn), imm);
-    clean_addr = gen_mte_checkN(s, dirty_addr, false, rn != 31, len, MO_8);
+    clean_addr = gen_mte_checkN(s, dirty_addr, false, rn != 31, len);
     tcg_temp_free_i64(dirty_addr);
 
     /* Note that unpredicated load/store of vector/predicate registers
