diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 915941c..cb9b3e8 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1355,9 +1355,8 @@
 	goto out;
 clear_pmdnuma:
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
-	pmd = pmd_mknonnuma(pmd);
+	pmd = pmd_modify(pmd, vma->vm_page_prot);
 	set_pmd_at(mm, haddr, pmdp, pmd);
-	VM_BUG_ON(pmd_protnone(*pmdp));
 	update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, addr, pmdp);
 	unlock_page(page);
 out_unlock:
@@ -1472,7 +1471,7 @@
  *  - HPAGE_PMD_NR is protections changed and TLB flush necessary
  */
 int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
-		unsigned long addr, pgprot_t newprot, int prot_numa)
+		unsigned long addr, pgprot_t newprot)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
@@ -1481,29 +1480,11 @@
 	if (__pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd, vma, &ptl) == 1) {
 		pmd_t entry;
 		ret = 1;
-		if (!prot_numa) {
-			entry = pmdp_get_and_clear_notify(mm, addr, pmd);
-			if (pmd_protnone(entry))
-				entry = pmd_mknonnuma(entry);
-			entry = pmd_modify(entry, newprot);
-			ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
-			set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, entry);
-			BUG_ON(pmd_write(entry));
-		} else {
-			struct page *page = pmd_page(*pmd);
-
-			/*
-			 * Do not trap faults against the zero page. The
-			 * read-only data is likely to be read-cached on the
-			 * local CPU cache and it is less useful to know about
-			 * local vs remote hits on the zero page.
-			 */
-			if (!is_huge_zero_page(page) &&
-			    !pmd_protnone(*pmd)) {
-				pmdp_set_numa(mm, addr, pmd);
-				ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
-			}
-		}
+		entry = pmdp_get_and_clear_notify(mm, addr, pmd);
+		entry = pmd_modify(entry, newprot);
+		ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
+		set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, entry);
+		BUG_ON(pmd_write(entry));
 		spin_unlock(ptl);
 	}
 
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 92e6a62..d792176 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3018,9 +3018,9 @@
 	* validation through pte_unmap_same(). It's of NUMA type but
 	* the pfn may be screwed if the read is non atomic.
 	*
-	* ptep_modify_prot_start is not called as this is clearing
-	* the _PAGE_NUMA bit and it is not really expected that there
-	* would be concurrent hardware modifications to the PTE.
+	* We can safely just do a "set_pte_at()", because the old
+	* page table entry is not accessible, so there would be no
+	* concurrent hardware modifications to the PTE.
 	*/
 	ptl = pte_lockptr(mm, pmd);
 	spin_lock(ptl);
@@ -3029,7 +3029,9 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	pte = pte_mknonnuma(pte);
+	/* Make it present again */
+	pte = pte_modify(pte, vma->vm_page_prot);
+	pte = pte_mkyoung(pte);
 	set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pte);
 	update_mmu_cache(vma, addr, ptep);
 
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index f1bd238..c75f4dc 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
 {
 	int nr_updated;
 
-	nr_updated = change_protection(vma, addr, end, vma->vm_page_prot, 0, 1);
+	nr_updated = change_protection(vma, addr, end, PAGE_NONE, 0, 1);
 	if (nr_updated)
 		count_vm_numa_events(NUMA_PTE_UPDATES, nr_updated);
 
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 5e8f03a..85e0426 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@
 out_dropref:
 	ptl = pmd_lock(mm, pmd);
 	if (pmd_same(*pmd, entry)) {
-		entry = pmd_mknonnuma(entry);
+		entry = pmd_modify(entry, vma->vm_page_prot);
 		set_pmd_at(mm, mmun_start, pmd, entry);
 		update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, address, &entry);
 	}
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 44ffa69..76824d7 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 				split_huge_page_pmd(vma, addr, pmd);
 			else {
 				int nr_ptes = change_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr,
-						newprot, prot_numa);
+						newprot);
 
 				if (nr_ptes) {
 					if (nr_ptes == HPAGE_PMD_NR) {
diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
index 4b8ad76..c25f94b 100644
--- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c
+++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
@@ -193,8 +193,6 @@
 		     pmd_t *pmdp)
 {
 	pmd_t entry = *pmdp;
-	if (pmd_protnone(entry))
-		entry = pmd_mknonnuma(entry);
 	set_pmd_at(vma->vm_mm, address, pmdp, pmd_mknotpresent(entry));
 	flush_tlb_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
 }