diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index e173b6187ad5..516d232e66d9 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -379,7 +379,9 @@ static inline vm_fault_t do_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, int access)
 	flags = FAULT_FLAG_DEFAULT;
 	if (user_mode(regs))
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
-	if (access == VM_WRITE || is_write)
+	if (is_write)
+		access = VM_WRITE;
+	if (access == VM_WRITE)
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 	mmap_read_lock(mm);