diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 6a4b1a54ff47..98a337e3835d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -588,12 +588,15 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_modify(pmd_t pmd, pgprot_t newprot)
 	return __pmd(val);
 }
 
-/* mprotect needs to preserve PAT bits when updating vm_page_prot */
+/*
+ * mprotect needs to preserve PAT and encryption bits when updating
+ * vm_page_prot
+ */
 #define pgprot_modify pgprot_modify
 static inline pgprot_t pgprot_modify(pgprot_t oldprot, pgprot_t newprot)
 {
 	pgprotval_t preservebits = pgprot_val(oldprot) & _PAGE_CHG_MASK;
-	pgprotval_t addbits = pgprot_val(newprot);
+	pgprotval_t addbits = pgprot_val(newprot) & ~_PAGE_CHG_MASK;
 	return __pgprot(preservebits | addbits);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
index 85f8279c885a..e6c870c24065 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
  */
 #define _PAGE_CHG_MASK	(PTE_PFN_MASK | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT |		\
 			 _PAGE_SPECIAL | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY |	\
-			 _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY | _PAGE_DEVMAP)
+			 _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY | _PAGE_DEVMAP | _PAGE_ENC)
 #define _HPAGE_CHG_MASK (_PAGE_CHG_MASK | _PAGE_PSE)
 
 /*