diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index a718e0d23503..2713be4bca41 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -444,6 +444,19 @@ try_preserve_large_page(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address,
 	pgprot_val(req_prot) &= ~pgprot_val(cpa->mask_clr);
 	pgprot_val(req_prot) |= pgprot_val(cpa->mask_set);
 
+	/*
+	 * Set the PSE and GLOBAL flags only if the PRESENT flag is
+	 * set otherwise pmd_present/pmd_huge will return true even on
+	 * a non present pmd. The canon_pgprot will clear _PAGE_GLOBAL
+	 * for the ancient hardware that doesn't support it.
+	 */
+	if (pgprot_val(new_prot) & _PAGE_PRESENT)
+		pgprot_val(new_prot) |= _PAGE_PSE | _PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	else
+		pgprot_val(new_prot) &= ~(_PAGE_PSE | _PAGE_GLOBAL);
+
+	new_prot = canon_pgprot(new_prot);
+
 	/*
 	 * old_pte points to the large page base address. So we need
 	 * to add the offset of the virtual address:
@@ -489,7 +502,7 @@ try_preserve_large_page(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address,
 		 * The address is aligned and the number of pages
 		 * covers the full page.
 		 */
-		new_pte = pfn_pte(pte_pfn(old_pte), canon_pgprot(new_prot));
+		new_pte = pfn_pte(pte_pfn(old_pte), new_prot);
 		__set_pmd_pte(kpte, address, new_pte);
 		cpa->flags |= CPA_FLUSHTLB;
 		do_split = 0;
@@ -540,16 +553,35 @@ static int split_large_page(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	if (level == PG_LEVEL_1G) {
 		pfninc = PMD_PAGE_SIZE >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		pgprot_val(ref_prot) |= _PAGE_PSE;
+		/*
+		 * Set the PSE flags only if the PRESENT flag is set
+		 * otherwise pmd_present/pmd_huge will return true
+		 * even on a non present pmd.
+		 */
+		if (pgprot_val(ref_prot) & _PAGE_PRESENT)
+			pgprot_val(ref_prot) |= _PAGE_PSE;
+		else
+			pgprot_val(ref_prot) &= ~_PAGE_PSE;
 	}
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * Set the GLOBAL flags only if the PRESENT flag is set
+	 * otherwise pmd/pte_present will return true even on a non
+	 * present pmd/pte. The canon_pgprot will clear _PAGE_GLOBAL
+	 * for the ancient hardware that doesn't support it.
+	 */
+	if (pgprot_val(ref_prot) & _PAGE_PRESENT)
+		pgprot_val(ref_prot) |= _PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	else
+		pgprot_val(ref_prot) &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+
 	/*
 	 * Get the target pfn from the original entry:
 	 */
 	pfn = pte_pfn(*kpte);
 	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, pfn += pfninc)
-		set_pte(&pbase[i], pfn_pte(pfn, ref_prot));
+		set_pte(&pbase[i], pfn_pte(pfn, canon_pgprot(ref_prot)));
 
 	if (address >= (unsigned long)__va(0) &&
 		address < (unsigned long)__va(max_low_pfn_mapped << PAGE_SHIFT))
@@ -659,6 +691,18 @@ repeat:
 
 		new_prot = static_protections(new_prot, address, pfn);
 
+		/*
+		 * Set the GLOBAL flags only if the PRESENT flag is
+		 * set otherwise pte_present will return true even on
+		 * a non present pte. The canon_pgprot will clear
+		 * _PAGE_GLOBAL for the ancient hardware that doesn't
+		 * support it.
+		 */
+		if (pgprot_val(new_prot) & _PAGE_PRESENT)
+			pgprot_val(new_prot) |= _PAGE_GLOBAL;
+		else
+			pgprot_val(new_prot) &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+
 		/*
 		 * We need to keep the pfn from the existing PTE,
 		 * after all we're only going to change it's attributes