diff --git a/target/arm/cpu-param.h b/target/arm/cpu-param.h
index 118ca0e5c0..689a9645dc 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu-param.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu-param.h
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
 # define TARGET_PAGE_BITS_MIN  10
 
 /*
- * Cache the attrs and sharability fields from the page table entry.
+ * Cache the attrs, sharability, and gp fields from the page table entry.
  */
 # define TARGET_PAGE_ENTRY_EXTRA  \
-     uint8_t pte_attrs;           \
-     uint8_t shareability;
-
+    uint8_t pte_attrs;            \
+    uint8_t shareability;         \
+    bool guarded;
 #endif
 
 #define NB_MMU_MODES 8
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index 2694a93894..c8cad2ef7c 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -3382,19 +3382,6 @@ static inline uint64_t *aa64_vfp_qreg(CPUARMState *env, unsigned regno)
 /* Shared between translate-sve.c and sve_helper.c.  */
 extern const uint64_t pred_esz_masks[5];
 
-/* Helper for the macros below, validating the argument type. */
-static inline MemTxAttrs *typecheck_memtxattrs(MemTxAttrs *x)
-{
-    return x;
-}
-
-/*
- * Lvalue macros for ARM TLB bits that we must cache in the TCG TLB.
- * Using these should be a bit more self-documenting than using the
- * generic target bits directly.
- */
-#define arm_tlb_bti_gp(x) (typecheck_memtxattrs(x)->target_tlb_bit0)
-
 /*
  * AArch64 usage of the PAGE_TARGET_* bits for linux-user.
  * Note that with the Linux kernel, PROT_MTE may not be cleared by mprotect
diff --git a/target/arm/internals.h b/target/arm/internals.h
index fd17aee459..a50189e2e4 100644
--- a/target/arm/internals.h
+++ b/target/arm/internals.h
@@ -1067,6 +1067,7 @@ typedef struct ARMCacheAttrs {
     unsigned int attrs:8;
     unsigned int shareability:2; /* as in the SH field of the VMSAv8-64 PTEs */
     bool is_s2_format:1;
+    bool guarded:1;              /* guarded bit of the v8-64 PTE */
 } ARMCacheAttrs;
 
 /* Fields that are valid upon success. */
diff --git a/target/arm/ptw.c b/target/arm/ptw.c
index 1bc194ffa1..ccfef2caca 100644
--- a/target/arm/ptw.c
+++ b/target/arm/ptw.c
@@ -1319,9 +1319,10 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, uint64_t address,
          */
         result->f.attrs.secure = false;
     }
-    /* When in aarch64 mode, and BTI is enabled, remember GP in the IOTLB.  */
-    if (aarch64 && guarded && cpu_isar_feature(aa64_bti, cpu)) {
-        arm_tlb_bti_gp(&result->f.attrs) = true;
+
+    /* When in aarch64 mode, and BTI is enabled, remember GP in the TLB.  */
+    if (aarch64 && cpu_isar_feature(aa64_bti, cpu)) {
+        result->f.guarded = guarded;
     }
 
     if (mmu_idx == ARMMMUIdx_Stage2 || mmu_idx == ARMMMUIdx_Stage2_S) {
diff --git a/target/arm/translate-a64.c b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
index 5b67375f4e..22802d1d2f 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-a64.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
@@ -14601,22 +14601,16 @@ static bool is_guarded_page(CPUARMState *env, DisasContext *s)
 #ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
     return page_get_flags(addr) & PAGE_BTI;
 #else
+    CPUTLBEntryFull *full;
+    void *host;
     int mmu_idx = arm_to_core_mmu_idx(s->mmu_idx);
-    unsigned int index = tlb_index(env, mmu_idx, addr);
-    CPUTLBEntry *entry = tlb_entry(env, mmu_idx, addr);
+    int flags;
 
-    /*
-     * We test this immediately after reading an insn, which means
-     * that any normal page must be in the TLB.  The only exception
-     * would be for executing from flash or device memory, which
-     * does not retain the TLB entry.
-     *
-     * FIXME: Assume false for those, for now.  We could use
-     * arm_cpu_get_phys_page_attrs_debug to re-read the page
-     * table entry even for that case.
-     */
-    return (tlb_hit(entry->addr_code, addr) &&
-            arm_tlb_bti_gp(&env_tlb(env)->d[mmu_idx].fulltlb[index].attrs));
+    flags = probe_access_full(env, addr, MMU_INST_FETCH, mmu_idx,
+                              false, &host, &full, 0);
+    assert(!(flags & TLB_INVALID_MASK));
+
+    return full->guarded;
 #endif
 }
 
