diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index f46040aed2da..224cdd953a79 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4037,7 +4037,7 @@ int hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 
 		/* fallback to copy_from_user outside mmap_sem */
 		if (unlikely(ret)) {
-			ret = -EFAULT;
+			ret = -ENOENT;
 			*pagep = page;
 			/* don't free the page */
 			goto out;
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index ab7ff0aeae2d..9f856ecda73b 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ static int shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 				*pagep = page;
 				shmem_inode_unacct_blocks(inode, 1);
 				/* don't free the page */
-				return -EFAULT;
+				return -ENOENT;
 			}
 		} else {		/* mfill_zeropage_atomic */
 			clear_highpage(page);
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index 81192701964d..c63c0fc5ecfa 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 
 		/* fallback to copy_from_user outside mmap_sem */
 		if (unlikely(ret)) {
-			ret = -EFAULT;
+			ret = -ENOENT;
 			*pagep = page;
 			/* don't free the page */
 			goto out;
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ retry:
 
 		cond_resched();
 
-		if (unlikely(err == -EFAULT)) {
+		if (unlikely(err == -ENOENT)) {
 			up_read(&dst_mm->mmap_sem);
 			BUG_ON(!page);
 
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ retry:
 				       src_addr, &page, zeropage);
 		cond_resched();
 
-		if (unlikely(err == -EFAULT)) {
+		if (unlikely(err == -ENOENT)) {
 			void *page_kaddr;
 
 			up_read(&dst_mm->mmap_sem);