diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
index f705d96a76f2..5bc3de78306a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
@@ -77,13 +77,12 @@
 #define PAGE_COPY_EXEC		__pgprot(_PAGE_DEFAULT | PTE_USER | PTE_NG | PTE_PXN)
 #define PAGE_READONLY		__pgprot(_PAGE_DEFAULT | PTE_USER | PTE_NG | PTE_PXN | PTE_UXN)
 #define PAGE_READONLY_EXEC	__pgprot(_PAGE_DEFAULT | PTE_USER | PTE_NG | PTE_PXN)
-#define PAGE_EXECONLY		__pgprot(_PAGE_DEFAULT | PTE_NG | PTE_PXN)
 
 #define __P000  PAGE_NONE
 #define __P001  PAGE_READONLY
 #define __P010  PAGE_COPY
 #define __P011  PAGE_COPY
-#define __P100  PAGE_EXECONLY
+#define __P100  PAGE_READONLY_EXEC
 #define __P101  PAGE_READONLY_EXEC
 #define __P110  PAGE_COPY_EXEC
 #define __P111  PAGE_COPY_EXEC
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@
 #define __S001  PAGE_READONLY
 #define __S010  PAGE_SHARED
 #define __S011  PAGE_SHARED
-#define __S100  PAGE_EXECONLY
+#define __S100  PAGE_READONLY_EXEC
 #define __S101  PAGE_READONLY_EXEC
 #define __S110  PAGE_SHARED_EXEC
 #define __S111  PAGE_SHARED_EXEC
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index edb2c359480d..56ba1389a95a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -83,12 +83,8 @@ extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)];
 #define pte_dirty(pte)		(pte_sw_dirty(pte) || pte_hw_dirty(pte))
 
 #define pte_valid(pte)		(!!(pte_val(pte) & PTE_VALID))
-/*
- * Execute-only user mappings do not have the PTE_USER bit set. All valid
- * kernel mappings have the PTE_UXN bit set.
- */
 #define pte_valid_not_user(pte) \
-	((pte_val(pte) & (PTE_VALID | PTE_USER | PTE_UXN)) == (PTE_VALID | PTE_UXN))
+	((pte_val(pte) & (PTE_VALID | PTE_USER)) == PTE_VALID)
 #define pte_valid_young(pte) \
 	((pte_val(pte) & (PTE_VALID | PTE_AF)) == (PTE_VALID | PTE_AF))
 #define pte_valid_user(pte) \
@@ -104,8 +100,8 @@ extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)];
 
 /*
  * p??_access_permitted() is true for valid user mappings (subject to the
- * write permission check) other than user execute-only which do not have the
- * PTE_USER bit set. PROT_NONE mappings do not have the PTE_VALID bit set.
+ * write permission check). PROT_NONE mappings do not have the PTE_VALID bit
+ * set.
  */
 #define pte_access_permitted(pte, write) \
 	(pte_valid_user(pte) && (!(write) || pte_write(pte)))
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index 575c11a6f9b6..f3d3f2e97add 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static int __kprobes do_page_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	int fault, sig, code;
-	unsigned long vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_WRITE;
+	unsigned long vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC;
 	unsigned int mm_flags = FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE;
 
 	if (notify_page_fault(regs, esr))
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 19368fbba42a..d221266d100f 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ static void unmap_region(struct mm_struct *mm,
  * MAP_PRIVATE	r: (no) no	r: (yes) yes	r: (no) yes	r: (no) yes
  *		w: (no) no	w: (no) no	w: (copy) copy	w: (no) no
  *		x: (no) no	x: (no) yes	x: (no) yes	x: (yes) yes
- *
- * On arm64, PROT_EXEC has the following behaviour for both MAP_SHARED and
- * MAP_PRIVATE:
- *								r: (no) no
- *								w: (no) no
- *								x: (yes) yes
  */
 pgprot_t protection_map[16] = {
 	__P000, __P001, __P010, __P011, __P100, __P101, __P110, __P111,