diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 9030da7bcb15..c7395d97e4cb 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1738,6 +1738,13 @@ void task_numa_work(struct callback_head *work)
 		    (vma->vm_file && (vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ|VM_WRITE)) == (VM_READ)))
 			continue;
 
+		/*
+		 * Skip inaccessible VMAs to avoid any confusion between
+		 * PROT_NONE and NUMA hinting ptes
+		 */
+		if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_EXEC | VM_WRITE)))
+			continue;
+
 		do {
 			start = max(start, vma->vm_start);
 			end = ALIGN(start + (pages << PAGE_SHIFT), HPAGE_SIZE);