diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/pm.c b/arch/x86/boot/pm.c
index ab35b52d2c4b..5941f930f6c5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/pm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/pm.c
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ static void setup_gdt(void)
 	   being 8-byte unaligned.  Intel recommends 16 byte alignment. */
 	static const u64 boot_gdt[] __attribute__((aligned(16))) = {
 		/* CS: code, read/execute, 4 GB, base 0 */
-		[GDT_ENTRY_BOOT_CS] = GDT_ENTRY(DESC_CODE32 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
+		[GDT_ENTRY_BOOT_CS] = GDT_ENTRY(DESC_CODE32, 0, 0xfffff),
 		/* DS: data, read/write, 4 GB, base 0 */
-		[GDT_ENTRY_BOOT_DS] = GDT_ENTRY(DESC_DATA32 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
+		[GDT_ENTRY_BOOT_DS] = GDT_ENTRY(DESC_DATA32, 0, 0xfffff),
 		/* TSS: 32-bit tss, 104 bytes, base 4096 */
 		/* We only have a TSS here to keep Intel VT happy;
 		   we don't actually use it for anything. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc_defs.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc_defs.h
index 33d229ed96dc..d440a65af8f3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc_defs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc_defs.h
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
  * of flags
  */
 
-#define _DESC_DATA		(_DESC_S | _DESC_PRESENT | \
+#define _DESC_DATA		(_DESC_S | _DESC_PRESENT | _DESC_ACCESSED | \
 				 _DESC_DATA_WRITABLE)
-#define _DESC_CODE		(_DESC_S | _DESC_PRESENT | \
+#define _DESC_CODE		(_DESC_S | _DESC_PRESENT | _DESC_ACCESSED | \
 				 _DESC_CODE_READABLE | _DESC_CODE_EXECUTABLE)
 
 #define DESC_DATA16		(_DESC_DATA)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 32934a0656af..6184488a7d77 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -188,12 +188,12 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
 	 * TLS descriptors are currently at a different place compared to i386.
 	 * Hopefully nobody expects them at a fixed place (Wine?)
 	 */
-	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL32_CS]		= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE32 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
-	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS]		= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE64 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
-	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_DS]		= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_DATA64 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
-	[GDT_ENTRY_DEFAULT_USER32_CS]	= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE32 | DESC_USER | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
-	[GDT_ENTRY_DEFAULT_USER_DS]	= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_DATA64 | DESC_USER | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
-	[GDT_ENTRY_DEFAULT_USER_CS]	= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE64 | DESC_USER | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL32_CS]		= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE32, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS]		= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE64, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_DS]		= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_DATA64, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_DEFAULT_USER32_CS]	= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE32 | DESC_USER, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_DEFAULT_USER_DS]	= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_DATA64 | DESC_USER, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_DEFAULT_USER_CS]	= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE64 | DESC_USER, 0, 0xfffff),
 #else
 	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS]		= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE32, 0, 0xfffff),
 	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_DS]		= GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_DATA32, 0, 0xfffff),
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 00dbddfdfece..dc0956067944 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmemmap_base);
  * GDT used on the boot CPU before switching to virtual addresses.
  */
 static struct desc_struct startup_gdt[GDT_ENTRIES] __initdata = {
-	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL32_CS]         = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE32 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
-	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS]           = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE64 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
-	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_DS]           = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_DATA64 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL32_CS]         = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE32, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS]           = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE64, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_DS]           = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_DATA64, 0, 0xfffff),
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/reboot.S b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/reboot.S
index 5bc068b9acdd..e714b4624e36 100644
--- a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/reboot.S
+++ b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/reboot.S
@@ -154,5 +154,5 @@ SYM_DATA_START(machine_real_restart_gdt)
 	 * base value 0x100; since this is consistent with real mode
 	 * semantics we don't have to reload the segments once CR0.PE = 0.
 	 */
-	.quad	GDT_ENTRY(DESC_DATA16 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0x100, 0xffff)
+	.quad	GDT_ENTRY(DESC_DATA16, 0x100, 0xffff)
 SYM_DATA_END(machine_real_restart_gdt)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-5lvl.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-5lvl.c
index 005dd9b14f95..77359e802181 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-5lvl.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-5lvl.c
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ bool efi_no5lvl;
 static void (*la57_toggle)(void *cr3);
 
 static const struct desc_struct gdt[] = {
-	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL32_CS] = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE32 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
-	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS]   = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE64 | _DESC_ACCESSED, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL32_CS] = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE32, 0, 0xfffff),
+	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS]   = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_CODE64, 0, 0xfffff),
 };
 
 /*