diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c
index 510bdfb..625407e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 	/* Look up the Linux PTE for the backing page */
 	pte_size = psize;
 	pte = lookup_linux_pte_and_update(pgdir, hva, writing, &pte_size);
-	if (pte_present(pte) && !pte_numa(pte)) {
+	if (pte_present(pte) && !pte_protnone(pte)) {
 		if (writing && !pte_write(pte))
 			/* make the actual HPTE be read-only */
 			ptel = hpte_make_readonly(ptel);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 6154b0a..f38327b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -398,8 +398,6 @@
 		 * processors use the same I/D cache coherency mechanism
 		 * as embedded.
 		 */
-		if (error_code & DSISR_PROTFAULT)
-			goto bad_area;
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU */
 
 		/*
@@ -423,9 +421,6 @@
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 	/* a read */
 	} else {
-		/* protection fault */
-		if (error_code & 0x08000000)
-			goto bad_area;
 		if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_EXEC | VM_WRITE)))
 			goto bad_area;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
index c90e602..83dfcb5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -172,9 +172,14 @@
 void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
 		pte_t pte)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
-	WARN_ON(pte_val(*ptep) & _PAGE_PRESENT);
-#endif
+	/*
+	 * When handling numa faults, we already have the pte marked
+	 * _PAGE_PRESENT, but we can be sure that it is not in hpte.
+	 * Hence we can use set_pte_at for them.
+	 */
+	VM_WARN_ON((pte_val(*ptep) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_USER)) ==
+		(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_USER));
+
 	/* Note: mm->context.id might not yet have been assigned as
 	 * this context might not have been activated yet when this
 	 * is called.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
index 4fe5f64..91bb883 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
@@ -718,7 +718,8 @@
 		pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
-	WARN_ON(pmd_val(*pmdp) & _PAGE_PRESENT);
+	WARN_ON((pmd_val(*pmdp) & (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_USER)) ==
+		(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_USER));
 	assert_spin_locked(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	WARN_ON(!pmd_trans_huge(pmd));
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
index 89df70e..81bf3d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 		struct page *page;
 
 		/* Similar to the PMD case, NUMA hinting must take slow path */
-		if (pte_numa(pte)) {
+		if (pte_protnone(pte)) {
 			pte_unmap(ptep);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 			 * slowpath for accounting purposes and so that they
 			 * can be serialised against THP migration.
 			 */
-			if (pmd_numa(pmd))
+			if (pmd_protnone(pmd))
 				return 0;
 			if (!gup_huge_pmd(pmd, addr, next, write, pages, nr))
 				return 0;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
index 0d11c3d..9cd8b21 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 #define MPOL_F_LOCAL   (1 << 1)	/* preferred local allocation */
 #define MPOL_F_REBINDING (1 << 2)	/* identify policies in rebinding */
 #define MPOL_F_MOF	(1 << 3) /* this policy wants migrate on fault */
-#define MPOL_F_MORON	(1 << 4) /* Migrate On pte_numa Reference On Node */
+#define MPOL_F_MORON	(1 << 4) /* Migrate On protnone Reference On Node */
 
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMPOLICY_H */
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index c2da116..51bf0b0 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 		migration_entry_wait(mm, pmd, address);
 		goto retry;
 	}
-	if ((flags & FOLL_NUMA) && pte_numa(pte))
+	if ((flags & FOLL_NUMA) && pte_protnone(pte))
 		goto no_page;
 	if ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) && !pte_write(pte)) {
 		pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 			return page;
 		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
 	}
-	if ((flags & FOLL_NUMA) && pmd_numa(*pmd))
+	if ((flags & FOLL_NUMA) && pmd_protnone(*pmd))
 		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
 	if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)) {
 		if (flags & FOLL_SPLIT) {
@@ -906,10 +906,10 @@
 
 		/*
 		 * Similar to the PMD case below, NUMA hinting must take slow
-		 * path
+		 * path using the pte_protnone check.
 		 */
 		if (!pte_present(pte) || pte_special(pte) ||
-			pte_numa(pte) || (write && !pte_write(pte)))
+			pte_protnone(pte) || (write && !pte_write(pte)))
 			goto pte_unmap;
 
 		VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte)));
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@
 			 * slowpath for accounting purposes and so that they
 			 * can be serialised against THP migration.
 			 */
-			if (pmd_numa(pmd))
+			if (pmd_protnone(pmd))
 				return 0;
 
 			if (!gup_huge_pmd(pmd, pmdp, addr, next, write,
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index c692136..915941c 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 
 	/* Full NUMA hinting faults to serialise migration in fault paths */
-	if ((flags & FOLL_NUMA) && pmd_numa(*pmd))
+	if ((flags & FOLL_NUMA) && pmd_protnone(*pmd))
 		goto out;
 
 	page = pmd_page(*pmd);
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * Migrate the THP to the requested node, returns with page unlocked
-	 * and pmd_numa cleared.
+	 * and access rights restored.
 	 */
 	spin_unlock(ptl);
 	migrated = migrate_misplaced_transhuge_page(mm, vma,
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 	pmd = pmd_mknonnuma(pmd);
 	set_pmd_at(mm, haddr, pmdp, pmd);
-	VM_BUG_ON(pmd_numa(*pmdp));
+	VM_BUG_ON(pmd_protnone(*pmdp));
 	update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, addr, pmdp);
 	unlock_page(page);
 out_unlock:
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@
 		ret = 1;
 		if (!prot_numa) {
 			entry = pmdp_get_and_clear_notify(mm, addr, pmd);
-			if (pmd_numa(entry))
+			if (pmd_protnone(entry))
 				entry = pmd_mknonnuma(entry);
 			entry = pmd_modify(entry, newprot);
 			ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@
 			 * local vs remote hits on the zero page.
 			 */
 			if (!is_huge_zero_page(page) &&
-			    !pmd_numa(*pmd)) {
+			    !pmd_protnone(*pmd)) {
 				pmdp_set_numa(mm, addr, pmd);
 				ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
 			}
@@ -1767,9 +1767,9 @@
 			pte_t *pte, entry;
 			BUG_ON(PageCompound(page+i));
 			/*
-			 * Note that pmd_numa is not transferred deliberately
-			 * to avoid any possibility that pte_numa leaks to
-			 * a PROT_NONE VMA by accident.
+			 * Note that NUMA hinting access restrictions are not
+			 * transferred to avoid any possibility of altering
+			 * permissions across VMAs.
 			 */
 			entry = mk_pte(page + i, vma->vm_page_prot);
 			entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index bbe6a73..92e6a62 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3124,7 +3124,7 @@
 					pte, pmd, flags, entry);
 	}
 
-	if (pte_numa(entry))
+	if (pte_protnone(entry))
 		return do_numa_page(mm, vma, address, entry, pte, pmd);
 
 	ptl = pte_lockptr(mm, pmd);
@@ -3202,7 +3202,7 @@
 			if (pmd_trans_splitting(orig_pmd))
 				return 0;
 
-			if (pmd_numa(orig_pmd))
+			if (pmd_protnone(orig_pmd))
 				return do_huge_pmd_numa_page(mm, vma, address,
 							     orig_pmd, pmd);
 
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 3312166..44ffa69 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -75,36 +75,18 @@
 		oldpte = *pte;
 		if (pte_present(oldpte)) {
 			pte_t ptent;
-			bool updated = false;
 
-			if (!prot_numa) {
-				ptent = ptep_modify_prot_start(mm, addr, pte);
-				if (pte_numa(ptent))
-					ptent = pte_mknonnuma(ptent);
-				ptent = pte_modify(ptent, newprot);
-				/*
-				 * Avoid taking write faults for pages we
-				 * know to be dirty.
-				 */
-				if (dirty_accountable && pte_dirty(ptent) &&
-				    (pte_soft_dirty(ptent) ||
-				     !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY)))
-					ptent = pte_mkwrite(ptent);
-				ptep_modify_prot_commit(mm, addr, pte, ptent);
-				updated = true;
-			} else {
-				struct page *page;
+			ptent = ptep_modify_prot_start(mm, addr, pte);
+			ptent = pte_modify(ptent, newprot);
 
-				page = vm_normal_page(vma, addr, oldpte);
-				if (page && !PageKsm(page)) {
-					if (!pte_numa(oldpte)) {
-						ptep_set_numa(mm, addr, pte);
-						updated = true;
-					}
-				}
+			/* Avoid taking write faults for known dirty pages */
+			if (dirty_accountable && pte_dirty(ptent) &&
+					(pte_soft_dirty(ptent) ||
+					 !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY))) {
+				ptent = pte_mkwrite(ptent);
 			}
-			if (updated)
-				pages++;
+			ptep_modify_prot_commit(mm, addr, pte, ptent);
+			pages++;
 		} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIGRATION)) {
 			swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(oldpte);
 
diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
index dfb79e0..4b8ad76 100644
--- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c
+++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 		     pmd_t *pmdp)
 {
 	pmd_t entry = *pmdp;
-	if (pmd_numa(entry))
+	if (pmd_protnone(entry))
 		entry = pmd_mknonnuma(entry);
 	set_pmd_at(vma->vm_mm, address, pmdp, pmd_mknotpresent(entry));
 	flush_tlb_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);