diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentMemtagPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentMemtagPreferenceController.java
index 751ccbae83d..c73c717a8cd 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentMemtagPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/development/DevelopmentMemtagPreferenceController.java
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public class DevelopmentMemtagPreferenceController extends TogglePreferenceContr
 
     @Override
     public int getAvailabilityStatus() {
+        if (MemtagHelper.isForcedOff() || MemtagHelper.isForcedOn()) {
+            return BasePreferenceController.DISABLED_DEPENDENT_SETTING;
+        }
         return DevelopmentSettingsEnabler.isDevelopmentSettingsEnabled(mContext)
                         && SystemProperties.getBoolean("ro.arm64.memtag.bootctl_supported", false)
                 ? BasePreferenceController.AVAILABLE
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/security/MemtagHelper.java b/src/com/android/settings/security/MemtagHelper.java
index 9fd74f329ff..b04dcf9dd86 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/security/MemtagHelper.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/security/MemtagHelper.java
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ import com.android.settings.core.BasePreferenceController;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public class MemtagHelper {
-    private static boolean isForcedOff() {
+    public static boolean isForcedOff() {
         return "force_off"
                 .equals(
                         SystemProperties.get(
                                 "persist.device_config.memory_safety_native_boot.bootloader_override"));
     }
 
-    private static boolean isForcedOn() {
+    public static boolean isForcedOn() {
         return "force_on"
                 .equals(
                         SystemProperties.get(
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/security/MemtagHelperTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/security/MemtagHelperTest.java
index 3d38bbc86b6..4ef7de44ad7 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/security/MemtagHelperTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/security/MemtagHelperTest.java
@@ -176,4 +176,16 @@ public class MemtagHelperTest {
         ShadowSystemProperties.override(mMemtagProperty, "memtag");
         assertThat(MemtagHelper.getSummary()).isEqualTo(R.string.memtag_force_on);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isForcedOn_forceOnOverride_isTrue() {
+        ShadowSystemProperties.override(mDeviceConfigOverride, "force_on");
+        assertThat(MemtagHelper.isForcedOn()).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isForcedOff_forceOffOverride_isTrue() {
+        ShadowSystemProperties.override(mDeviceConfigOverride, "force_off");
+        assertThat(MemtagHelper.isForcedOff()).isTrue();
+    }
 }