diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
index 4edecaac8f91..8878b392df58 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c
@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ static int __access_remote_tags(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 		struct page *page = get_user_page_vma_remote(mm, addr,
 							     gup_flags, &vma);
 
-		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page)) {
-			err = page == NULL ? -EIO : PTR_ERR(page);
+		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(page);
 			break;
 		}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 7b89f7bd420d..fa608cba041f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2425,6 +2425,9 @@ long pin_user_pages_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			   unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
 			   int *locked);
 
+/*
+ * Retrieves a single page alongside its VMA. Does not support FOLL_NOWAIT.
+ */
 static inline struct page *get_user_page_vma_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
 						    unsigned long addr,
 						    int gup_flags,
@@ -2432,12 +2435,15 @@ static inline struct page *get_user_page_vma_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
-	int got = get_user_pages_remote(mm, addr, 1, gup_flags, &page, NULL);
+	int got;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(unlikely(gup_flags & FOLL_NOWAIT)))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	got = get_user_pages_remote(mm, addr, 1, gup_flags, &page, NULL);
 
 	if (got < 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(got);
-	if (got == 0)
-		return NULL;
 
 	vma = vma_lookup(mm, addr);
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!vma)) {
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 3048589e2e85..435aac1d8c27 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ retry:
 		gup_flags |= FOLL_SPLIT_PMD;
 	/* Read the page with vaddr into memory */
 	old_page = get_user_page_vma_remote(mm, vaddr, gup_flags, &vma);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(old_page))
-		return old_page ? PTR_ERR(old_page) : 0;
+	if (IS_ERR(old_page))
+		return PTR_ERR(old_page);
 
 	ret = verify_opcode(old_page, vaddr, &opcode);
 	if (ret <= 0)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index e47c36c0aef0..1f88e4f6fbf2 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -5815,7 +5815,7 @@ static int __access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 		struct page *page = get_user_page_vma_remote(mm, addr,
 							     gup_flags, &vma);
 
-		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page)) {
+		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
 			/* We might need to expand the stack to access it */
 			vma = vma_lookup(mm, addr);
 			if (!vma) {
@@ -5829,7 +5829,6 @@ static int __access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-
 			/*
 			 * Check if this is a VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP VMA, which
 			 * we can access using slightly different code.