diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
index f66626d71e7d..d88f9f049e95 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -195,25 +195,6 @@ static inline pte_t *pmd_page_vaddr(pmd_t pmd)
 
 #define pte_clear(mm,addr,ptep)	set_pte_ext(ptep, __pte(0), 0)
 
-#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
-static inline void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval)
-{
-}
-#else
-extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
-#endif
-
-static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-			      pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval)
-{
-	if (addr >= TASK_SIZE)
-		set_pte_ext(ptep, pteval, 0);
-	else {
-		__sync_icache_dcache(pteval);
-		set_pte_ext(ptep, pteval, PTE_EXT_NG);
-	}
-}
-
 #define pte_none(pte)		(!pte_val(pte))
 #define pte_present(pte)	(pte_val(pte) & L_PTE_PRESENT)
 #define pte_write(pte)		(!(pte_val(pte) & L_PTE_RDONLY))
@@ -226,6 +207,27 @@ static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	((pte_val(pte) & (L_PTE_PRESENT | L_PTE_USER)) == \
 	 (L_PTE_PRESENT | L_PTE_USER))
 
+#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
+static inline void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval)
+{
+}
+#else
+extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
+#endif
+
+static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+			      pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval)
+{
+	unsigned long ext = 0;
+
+	if (addr < TASK_SIZE && pte_present_user(pteval)) {
+		__sync_icache_dcache(pteval);
+		ext |= PTE_EXT_NG;
+	}
+
+	set_pte_ext(ptep, pteval, ext);
+}
+
 #define PTE_BIT_FUNC(fn,op) \
 static inline pte_t pte_##fn(pte_t pte) { pte_val(pte) op; return pte; }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
index 77458548e031..40ca11ed6e5f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
@@ -231,8 +231,6 @@ void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval)
 	struct page *page;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 
-	if (!pte_present_user(pteval))
-		return;
 	if (cache_is_vipt_nonaliasing() && !pte_exec(pteval))
 		/* only flush non-aliasing VIPT caches for exec mappings */
 		return;