1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 0ec056012618..aa97a070f09f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -131,8 +131,13 @@ static inline int pte_exec(pte_t pte)
 
 static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
 {
-        return (pte_flags(pte) & (_PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_SPECIAL)) ==
-                                 (_PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_SPECIAL);
+        /*
+         * See CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING pte_numa in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h.
+         * On x86 we have _PAGE_BIT_NUMA == _PAGE_BIT_GLOBAL+1 ==
+         * __PAGE_BIT_SOFTW1 == _PAGE_BIT_SPECIAL.
+         */
+        return (pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL) &&
+                (pte_flags(pte) & (_PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_PROTNONE));
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long pte_pfn(pte_t pte)