diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
index be956dbf6bae..910d2741c031 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ PTE_BIT_FUNC(mkclean,   &= ~L_PTE_DIRTY);
 PTE_BIT_FUNC(mkdirty,   |= L_PTE_DIRTY);
 PTE_BIT_FUNC(mkold,     &= ~L_PTE_YOUNG);
 PTE_BIT_FUNC(mkyoung,   |= L_PTE_YOUNG);
+PTE_BIT_FUNC(mkexec,   &= ~L_PTE_XN);
+PTE_BIT_FUNC(mknexec,   |= L_PTE_XN);
 
 static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte) { return pte; }