diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index 4db5dcf110ba..dce4e70e648a 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static int hmm_vma_handle_pmd(struct mm_walk *walk,
 
 static inline uint64_t pte_to_hmm_pfn_flags(struct hmm_range *range, pte_t pte)
 {
-	if (pte_none(pte) || !pte_present(pte))
+	if (pte_none(pte) || !pte_present(pte) || pte_protnone(pte))
 		return 0;
 	return pte_write(pte) ? range->flags[HMM_PFN_VALID] |
 				range->flags[HMM_PFN_WRITE] :