diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index f9fd18670e22..d90c4c5aa3cc 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1460,7 +1460,8 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 			start = vma->vm_start;
 		vma_end = min(end, vma->vm_end);
 
-		new_flags = (vma->vm_flags & ~vm_flags) | vm_flags;
+		new_flags = (vma->vm_flags &
+			     ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING|VM_UFFD_WP)) | vm_flags;
 		prev = vma_merge(mm, prev, start, vma_end, new_flags,
 				 vma->anon_vma, vma->vm_file, vma->vm_pgoff,
 				 vma_policy(vma),