diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.c b/drivers/dax/bus.c
index df238c8b6ef2..f06ffa66cd78 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/bus.c
@@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ static void dax_region_unregister(void *region)
 }
 
 struct dax_region *alloc_dax_region(struct device *parent, int region_id,
-		struct resource *res, int target_node, unsigned int align,
-		unsigned long long pfn_flags)
+		struct resource *res, int target_node, unsigned int align)
 {
 	struct dax_region *dax_region;
 
@@ -251,7 +250,6 @@ struct dax_region *alloc_dax_region(struct device *parent, int region_id,
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(parent, dax_region);
 	memcpy(&dax_region->res, res, sizeof(*res));
-	dax_region->pfn_flags = pfn_flags;
 	kref_init(&dax_region->kref);
 	dax_region->id = region_id;
 	dax_region->align = align;
diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.h b/drivers/dax/bus.h
index 9e4eba67e8b9..55577e9791da 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/bus.h
+++ b/drivers/dax/bus.h
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ struct dax_device;
 struct dax_region;
 void dax_region_put(struct dax_region *dax_region);
 struct dax_region *alloc_dax_region(struct device *parent, int region_id,
-		struct resource *res, int target_node, unsigned int align,
-		unsigned long long flags);
+		struct resource *res, int target_node, unsigned int align);
 
 enum dev_dax_subsys {
 	DEV_DAX_BUS,
diff --git a/drivers/dax/dax-private.h b/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
index 16850d5388ab..8a4c40ccd2ef 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
+++ b/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ void dax_bus_exit(void);
  * @dev: parent device backing this region
  * @align: allocation and mapping alignment for child dax devices
  * @res: physical address range of the region
- * @pfn_flags: identify whether the pfns are paged back or not
  */
 struct dax_region {
 	int id;
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ struct dax_region {
 	struct device *dev;
 	unsigned int align;
 	struct resource res;
-	unsigned long long pfn_flags;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/dax/device.c b/drivers/dax/device.c
index 1e89513f3c59..c528b725789b 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/device.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/device.c
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ static int check_vma(struct dev_dax *dev_dax, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if ((dax_region->pfn_flags & (PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP)) == PFN_DEV
-			&& (vma->vm_flags & VM_DONTCOPY) == 0) {
-		dev_info_ratelimited(dev,
-				"%s: %s: fail, dax range requires MADV_DONTFORK\n",
-				current->comm, func);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (!vma_is_dax(vma)) {
 		dev_info_ratelimited(dev,
 				"%s: %s: fail, vma is not DAX capable\n",
@@ -102,7 +94,7 @@ static vm_fault_t __dev_dax_pte_fault(struct dev_dax *dev_dax,
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	}
 
-	*pfn = phys_to_pfn_t(phys, dax_region->pfn_flags);
+	*pfn = phys_to_pfn_t(phys, PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP);
 
 	return vmf_insert_mixed(vmf->vma, vmf->address, *pfn);
 }
@@ -127,12 +119,6 @@ static vm_fault_t __dev_dax_pmd_fault(struct dev_dax *dev_dax,
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	}
 
-	/* dax pmd mappings require pfn_t_devmap() */
-	if ((dax_region->pfn_flags & (PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP)) != (PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP)) {
-		dev_dbg(dev, "region lacks devmap flags\n");
-		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
-	}
-
 	if (fault_size < dax_region->align)
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	else if (fault_size > dax_region->align)
@@ -150,7 +136,7 @@ static vm_fault_t __dev_dax_pmd_fault(struct dev_dax *dev_dax,
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	}
 
-	*pfn = phys_to_pfn_t(phys, dax_region->pfn_flags);
+	*pfn = phys_to_pfn_t(phys, PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP);
 
 	return vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(vmf, *pfn, vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE);
 }
@@ -177,12 +163,6 @@ static vm_fault_t __dev_dax_pud_fault(struct dev_dax *dev_dax,
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	}
 
-	/* dax pud mappings require pfn_t_devmap() */
-	if ((dax_region->pfn_flags & (PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP)) != (PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP)) {
-		dev_dbg(dev, "region lacks devmap flags\n");
-		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
-	}
-
 	if (fault_size < dax_region->align)
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	else if (fault_size > dax_region->align)
@@ -200,7 +180,7 @@ static vm_fault_t __dev_dax_pud_fault(struct dev_dax *dev_dax,
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	}
 
-	*pfn = phys_to_pfn_t(phys, dax_region->pfn_flags);
+	*pfn = phys_to_pfn_t(phys, PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP);
 
 	return vmf_insert_pfn_pud(vmf, *pfn, vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c b/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c
index 29ceb5795297..506893861253 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static int dax_hmem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	memcpy(&pgmap.res, res, sizeof(*res));
 
 	dax_region = alloc_dax_region(dev, pdev->id, res, mri->target_node,
-			PMD_SIZE, PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP);
+			PMD_SIZE);
 	if (!dax_region)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/dax/pmem/core.c b/drivers/dax/pmem/core.c
index 2bedf8414fff..ea52bb77a294 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/pmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/pmem/core.c
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ struct dev_dax *__dax_pmem_probe(struct device *dev, enum dev_dax_subsys subsys)
 	memcpy(&res, &pgmap.res, sizeof(res));
 	res.start += offset;
 	dax_region = alloc_dax_region(dev, region_id, &res,
-			nd_region->target_node, le32_to_cpu(pfn_sb->align),
-			PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP);
+			nd_region->target_node, le32_to_cpu(pfn_sb->align));
 	if (!dax_region)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);