diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
index f53816744d60..7d44e888134f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static inline struct page *pmd_page(pmd_t pmd)
 
 static inline pmd_t pmd_modify(pmd_t pmd, pgprot_t newprot)
 {
-	pmd_val(pmd) = (pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_CHG_MASK) |
+	pmd_val(pmd) = (pmd_val(pmd) & (_PAGE_CHG_MASK | _PAGE_HUGE)) |
 		       (pgprot_val(newprot) & ~_PAGE_CHG_MASK);
 	return pmd;
 }