diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index cef03309fbe6b7f44ab30357ceb037e7e342fb0c..f12b13c3886a2b90d0f1e95f9d59f374d3c87398 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 /* KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT completed */
 #define VCPU_INITIALIZED	__vcpu_single_flag(cflags, BIT(0))
 /* SVE config completed */
-#define VCPU_SVE_FINALIZED	__vcpu_single_flag(cflags, BIT(1))
+#define VCPU_VEC_FINALIZED	__vcpu_single_flag(cflags, BIT(1))
 
 /* Exception pending */
 #define PENDING_EXCEPTION	__vcpu_single_flag(iflags, BIT(0))
@@ -941,6 +941,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 #define vcpu_has_sve(vcpu)	kvm_has_sve((vcpu)->kvm)
 #endif
 
+#define vcpu_has_vec(vcpu) vcpu_has_sve(vcpu)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH
 #define vcpu_has_ptrauth(vcpu)						\
 	((cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_ADDRESS_AUTH) ||		\
@@ -1423,7 +1425,7 @@ struct kvm *kvm_arch_alloc_vm(void);
 int kvm_arm_vcpu_finalize(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int feature);
 bool kvm_arm_vcpu_is_finalized(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
-#define kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu) vcpu_get_flag(vcpu, VCPU_SVE_FINALIZED)
+#define kvm_arm_vcpu_vec_finalized(vcpu) vcpu_get_flag(vcpu, VCPU_VEC_FINALIZED)
 
 #define kvm_has_mte(kvm)					\
 	(system_supports_mte() &&				\
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index 568bf858f3198e2a6f651eb8ae793b54fd49e67a..ea5aaa4b1cfe82862883678bbe47373d53c005f6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ struct kvm_regs {
 #define KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_GENERIC	6 /* VCPU uses generic authentication */
 #define KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2		7 /* Support nested virtualization */
 
+/*
+ * An alias for _SVE since we finalize VL configuration for both SVE and SME
+ * simultaneously.
+ */
+#define KVM_ARM_VCPU_VEC		KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE
+
 struct kvm_vcpu_init {
 	__u32 target;
 	__u32 features[7];
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
index 2196979a24a325311d6111404e4d089287c41bfe..73e714133bb647c1d50fc67d5c8bf0569520a537 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int set_sve_vls(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 	if (!vcpu_has_sve(vcpu))
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	if (kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu))
+	if (kvm_arm_vcpu_vec_finalized(vcpu))
 		return -EPERM; /* too late! */
 
 	if (WARN_ON(vcpu->arch.sve_state))
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ static int get_sve_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu))
+	if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_vec_finalized(vcpu))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (copy_to_user(uptr, vcpu->arch.sve_state + region.koffset,
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static int set_sve_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu))
+	if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_vec_finalized(vcpu))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(vcpu->arch.sve_state + region.koffset, uptr,
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static unsigned long num_sve_regs(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Policed by KVM_GET_REG_LIST: */
-	WARN_ON(!kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu));
+	WARN_ON(!kvm_arm_vcpu_vec_finalized(vcpu));
 
 	return slices * (SVE_NUM_PREGS + SVE_NUM_ZREGS + 1 /* FFR */)
 		+ 1; /* KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS */
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static int copy_sve_reg_indices(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Policed by KVM_GET_REG_LIST: */
-	WARN_ON(!kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu));
+	WARN_ON(!kvm_arm_vcpu_vec_finalized(vcpu));
 
 	/*
 	 * Enumerate this first, so that userspace can save/restore in
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
index 3927fe52a3dde8f59ddb996d674dd252630613a3..5896e581c1fac943cf372f1df24311ef43529d62 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static void pkvm_vcpu_init_sve(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu, struct kvm_vcpu *
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &hyp_vcpu->vcpu;
 
 	if (!vcpu_has_feature(vcpu, KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE))
-		vcpu_clear_flag(vcpu, VCPU_SVE_FINALIZED);
+		vcpu_clear_flag(vcpu, VCPU_VEC_FINALIZED);
 }
 
 static int init_pkvm_hyp_vcpu(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
index 803e11b0dc8f5eb74b07b0ad745b0c4f666713d5..ce726b1d4e8e90cfd4459a6cb9c67b8805424e22 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_enable_sve(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
  * Finalize vcpu's maximum SVE vector length, allocating
  * vcpu->arch.sve_state as necessary.
  */
-static int kvm_vcpu_finalize_sve(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static int kvm_vcpu_finalize_vec(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	void *buf;
 	unsigned int vl;
@@ -122,21 +122,21 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_finalize_sve(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	}
 	
 	vcpu->arch.sve_state = buf;
-	vcpu_set_flag(vcpu, VCPU_SVE_FINALIZED);
+	vcpu_set_flag(vcpu, VCPU_VEC_FINALIZED);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int kvm_arm_vcpu_finalize(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int feature)
 {
 	switch (feature) {
-	case KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE:
-		if (!vcpu_has_sve(vcpu))
+	case KVM_ARM_VCPU_VEC:
+		if (!vcpu_has_vec(vcpu))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if (kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu))
+		if (kvm_arm_vcpu_vec_finalized(vcpu))
 			return -EPERM;
 
-		return kvm_vcpu_finalize_sve(vcpu);
+		return kvm_vcpu_finalize_vec(vcpu);
 	}
 
 	return -EINVAL;
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int kvm_arm_vcpu_finalize(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int feature)
 
 bool kvm_arm_vcpu_is_finalized(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	if (vcpu_has_sve(vcpu) && !kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu))
+	if (vcpu_has_vec(vcpu) && !kvm_arm_vcpu_vec_finalized(vcpu))
 		return false;
 
 	return true;
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void kvm_arm_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kfree(vcpu->arch.ccsidr);
 }
 
-static void kvm_vcpu_reset_sve(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static void kvm_vcpu_reset_vec(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	if (vcpu_has_sve(vcpu))
 		memset(vcpu->arch.sve_state, 0, vcpu_sve_state_size(vcpu));
@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@ void kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (loaded)
 		kvm_arch_vcpu_put(vcpu);
 
-	if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_sve_finalized(vcpu)) {
+	if (!kvm_arm_vcpu_vec_finalized(vcpu)) {
 		if (vcpu_has_feature(vcpu, KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE))
 			kvm_vcpu_enable_sve(vcpu);
 	} else {
-		kvm_vcpu_reset_sve(vcpu);
+		kvm_vcpu_reset_vec(vcpu);
 	}
 
 	if (vcpu_el1_is_32bit(vcpu))
