diff --git a/include/linux/alloc_tag.h b/include/linux/alloc_tag.h
index 068ba2e77c5d..6ed9f82e639f 100644
--- a/include/linux/alloc_tag.h
+++ b/include/linux/alloc_tag.h
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ static inline bool mem_alloc_profiling_enabled(void)
 				   &mem_alloc_profiling_key);
 }
 
+bool mem_alloc_profiling_permanently_disabled(void);
+
 static inline struct alloc_tag_counters alloc_tag_read(struct alloc_tag *tag)
 {
 	struct alloc_tag_counters v = { 0, 0 };
@@ -239,6 +241,7 @@ static inline bool alloc_tag_is_inaccurate(struct alloc_tag *tag)
 
 #define DEFINE_ALLOC_TAG(_alloc_tag)
 static inline bool mem_alloc_profiling_enabled(void) { return false; }
+static inline bool mem_alloc_profiling_permanently_disabled(void) { return true; }
 static inline void alloc_tag_add(union codetag_ref *ref, struct alloc_tag *tag,
 				 size_t bytes) {}
 static inline void alloc_tag_sub(union codetag_ref *ref, size_t bytes) {}
diff --git a/lib/alloc_tag.c b/lib/alloc_tag.c
index d9be1cf5187d..e5b218176c5a 100644
--- a/lib/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/lib/alloc_tag.c
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ static bool mem_profiling_support = true;
 static bool mem_profiling_support;
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Memory allocation profiling is permanently disabled and cannot be enabled.
+ * Must be called after setup_early_mem_profiling().
+ */
+bool mem_alloc_profiling_permanently_disabled(void)
+{
+	return !mem_profiling_support;
+}
+
 static struct codetag_type *alloc_tag_cttype;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU