diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c
index 60558f794922..566c1769d9bd 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ static int arm_smmu_alloc_init_pte(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, pmd_t *pmd,
 				   unsigned long pfn, int prot, int stage)
 {
 	pte_t *pte, *start;
-	pteval_t pteval = ARM_SMMU_PTE_PAGE | ARM_SMMU_PTE_AF | ARM_SMMU_PTE_XN;
+	pteval_t pteval = ARM_SMMU_PTE_PAGE | ARM_SMMU_PTE_AF;
 
 	if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
 		/* Allocate a new set of tables */
@@ -1315,10 +1315,11 @@ static int arm_smmu_alloc_init_pte(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, pmd_t *pmd,
 			pteval |= ARM_SMMU_PTE_MEMATTR_NC;
 	}
 
+	if (prot & IOMMU_NOEXEC)
+		pteval |= ARM_SMMU_PTE_XN;
+
 	/* If no access, create a faulting entry to avoid TLB fills */
-	if (prot & IOMMU_EXEC)
-		pteval &= ~ARM_SMMU_PTE_XN;
-	else if (!(prot & (IOMMU_READ | IOMMU_WRITE)))
+	if (!(prot & (IOMMU_READ | IOMMU_WRITE)))
 		pteval &= ~ARM_SMMU_PTE_PAGE;
 
 	pteval |= ARM_SMMU_PTE_SH_IS;
diff --git a/include/linux/iommu.h b/include/linux/iommu.h
index e6a7c9ff72f2..f47383a05d34 100644
--- a/include/linux/iommu.h
+++ b/include/linux/iommu.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define IOMMU_READ	(1 << 0)
 #define IOMMU_WRITE	(1 << 1)
 #define IOMMU_CACHE	(1 << 2) /* DMA cache coherency */
-#define IOMMU_EXEC	(1 << 3)
+#define IOMMU_NOEXEC	(1 << 3)
 
 struct iommu_ops;
 struct iommu_group;