diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 0ec056012618..aa97a070f09f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -131,8 +131,13 @@ static inline int pte_exec(pte_t pte)
 
 static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
 {
-	return (pte_flags(pte) & (_PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_SPECIAL)) ==
-				 (_PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_SPECIAL);
+	/*
+	 * See CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING pte_numa in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h.
+	 * On x86 we have _PAGE_BIT_NUMA == _PAGE_BIT_GLOBAL+1 ==
+	 * __PAGE_BIT_SOFTW1 == _PAGE_BIT_SPECIAL.
+	 */
+	return (pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL) &&
+		(pte_flags(pte) & (_PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_PROTNONE));
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long pte_pfn(pte_t pte)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index ab3537bcfed2..adeac306610f 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
 
 	if (HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL) {
-		if (likely(!pte_special(pte) || pte_numa(pte)))
+		if (likely(!pte_special(pte)))
 			goto check_pfn;
 		if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP))
 			return NULL;
@@ -777,15 +777,14 @@ struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (is_zero_pfn(pfn))
+		return NULL;
 check_pfn:
 	if (unlikely(pfn > highest_memmap_pfn)) {
 		print_bad_pte(vma, addr, pte, NULL);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (is_zero_pfn(pfn))
-		return NULL;
-
 	/*
 	 * NOTE! We still have PageReserved() pages in the page tables.
 	 * eg. VDSO mappings can cause them to exist.