diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 3f18aa018a0c..2f7c050e8cde 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ config MIPS
 	select RTC_LIB
 	select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
 	select VIRT_TO_BUS
-	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
+	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL if !(32BIT && CPU_HAS_RIXI)
 
 menu "Machine selection"
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
index 409ae01ed7be..4da79b85c179 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ enum pgtable_bits {
 	_PAGE_WRITE_SHIFT,
 	_PAGE_ACCESSED_SHIFT,
 	_PAGE_MODIFIED_SHIFT,
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL)
 	_PAGE_SPECIAL_SHIFT,
+#endif
 };
 
 /*
@@ -79,7 +81,9 @@ enum pgtable_bits {
 	_PAGE_WRITE_SHIFT,
 	_PAGE_ACCESSED_SHIFT,
 	_PAGE_MODIFIED_SHIFT,
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL)
 	_PAGE_SPECIAL_SHIFT,
+#endif
 };
 
 #elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_R3K_TLB)
@@ -92,7 +96,9 @@ enum pgtable_bits {
 	_PAGE_WRITE_SHIFT,
 	_PAGE_ACCESSED_SHIFT,
 	_PAGE_MODIFIED_SHIFT,
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL)
 	_PAGE_SPECIAL_SHIFT,
+#endif
 
 	/* Used by TLB hardware (placed in EntryLo) */
 	_PAGE_GLOBAL_SHIFT = 8,
@@ -116,7 +122,9 @@ enum pgtable_bits {
 #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS_HUGE_TLB_SUPPORT)
 	_PAGE_HUGE_SHIFT,
 #endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL)
 	_PAGE_SPECIAL_SHIFT,
+#endif
 
 	/* Used by TLB hardware (placed in EntryLo*) */
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_HAS_RIXI)
@@ -139,7 +147,11 @@ enum pgtable_bits {
 #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS_HUGE_TLB_SUPPORT)
 # define _PAGE_HUGE		(1 << _PAGE_HUGE_SHIFT)
 #endif
-#define _PAGE_SPECIAL		(1 << _PAGE_SPECIAL_SHIFT)
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL)
+# define _PAGE_SPECIAL		(1 << _PAGE_SPECIAL_SHIFT)
+#else
+# define _PAGE_SPECIAL		0
+#endif
 
 /* Used by TLB hardware (placed in EntryLo*) */
 #if defined(CONFIG_XPA)