diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
index 63d3de02bbcc..825aa91516c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ static struct sgx_epc_page *__sgx_alloc_epc_page_from_node(int nid)
 	page = list_first_entry(&node->free_page_list, struct sgx_epc_page, list);
 	list_del_init(&page->list);
 	sgx_nr_free_pages--;
+	page->flags = 0;
 
 	spin_unlock(&node->lock);
 
@@ -626,6 +627,7 @@ void sgx_free_epc_page(struct sgx_epc_page *page)
 
 	list_add_tail(&page->list, &node->free_page_list);
 	sgx_nr_free_pages++;
+	page->flags = SGX_EPC_PAGE_IS_FREE;
 
 	spin_unlock(&node->lock);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h
index 4628acec0009..5906471156c5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 /* Pages, which are being tracked by the page reclaimer. */
 #define SGX_EPC_PAGE_RECLAIMER_TRACKED	BIT(0)
 
+/* Pages on free list */
+#define SGX_EPC_PAGE_IS_FREE		BIT(1)
+
 struct sgx_epc_page {
 	unsigned int section;
 	unsigned int flags;