diff --git a/helpers/argumentParsers.go b/helpers/argumentParsers.go
index 9519efeb..1c763bc6 100644
--- a/helpers/argumentParsers.go
+++ b/helpers/argumentParsers.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
@@ -3158,6 +3159,51 @@ func ParseLegacyGUPFlags(rawValue uint64) LegacyGUPFlag {
 	return LegacyGUPFlag{stringValue: strings.Join(f, "|"), rawValue: uint32(rawValue)}
 }
 
+var useLegacyGUPFlagsParse atomic.Bool
+var skipDetermineGUPFlagsFunc atomic.Bool
+
+// ParseGUPFlagsCurrentOS parse the GUP flags received according to current machine OS version.
+// It uses optimizations to perform better than ParseGUPFlagsForOS
+func ParseGUPFlagsCurrentOS(rawValue uint64) (SystemFunctionArgument, error) {
+	if !skipDetermineGUPFlagsFunc.Load() {
+		osInfo, err := GetOSInfo()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting current OS info - %v", err)
+		}
+		compare, err := osInfo.CompareOSBaseKernelRelease("6.3.0")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error comparing OS versions to determine how to parse GUP flags - %v", err)
+		}
+		if !skipDetermineGUPFlagsFunc.Swap(true) {
+			if compare == KernelVersionOlder {
+				useLegacyGUPFlagsParse.Store(true)
+			} else {
+				useLegacyGUPFlagsParse.Store(false)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if useLegacyGUPFlagsParse.Load() {
+		return ParseLegacyGUPFlags(rawValue), nil
+	} else {
+		return ParseGUPFlags(rawValue), nil
+	}
+}
+
+// ParseGUPFlagsForOS parse the GUP flags received according to given OS version.
+func ParseGUPFlagsForOS(osInfo *OSInfo, rawValue uint64) (SystemFunctionArgument, error) {
+	compare, err := osInfo.CompareOSBaseKernelRelease("6.3.0")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error comparing OS versions to determine how to parse GUP flags - %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if compare == KernelVersionOlder {
+		return ParseLegacyGUPFlags(rawValue), nil
+	} else {
+		return ParseGUPFlags(rawValue), nil
+	}
+}
+
 // =====================================================
 
 // VmFlag represents the flags in the `vm_area_struct` in x86 64bit architecture