diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 7e9f46818eba..34ed22ec6c33 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ extern void (*flush_cache_range)(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 extern void (*flush_cache_page)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long page, unsigned long pfn);
 extern void __flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
-extern void __flush_icache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page);
 
 #define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
 static inline void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
@@ -77,11 +76,6 @@ static inline void flush_anon_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 static inline void flush_icache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct page *page)
 {
-	if (!cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc && (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC) &&
-	    Page_dcache_dirty(page)) {
-		__flush_icache_page(vma, page);
-		ClearPageDcacheDirty(page);
-	}
 }
 
 extern void (*flush_icache_range)(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 75c29cff0f99..45de57651619 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -127,10 +127,14 @@ do {									\
 	}								\
 } while(0)
 
+static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+			      pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32)
 
 #define pte_none(pte)		(!(((pte).pte_high) & ~_PAGE_GLOBAL))
 #define pte_present(pte)	((pte).pte_low & _PAGE_PRESENT)
+#define pte_no_exec(pte)	((pte).pte_low & _PAGE_NO_EXEC)
 
 static inline void set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 {
@@ -148,7 +152,6 @@ static inline void set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 			buddy->pte_high |= _PAGE_GLOBAL;
 	}
 }
-#define set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pteval) set_pte(ptep, pteval)
 
 static inline void pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ static inline void pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *pt
 
 #define pte_none(pte)		(!(pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_GLOBAL))
 #define pte_present(pte)	(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_PRESENT)
+#define pte_no_exec(pte)	(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_NO_EXEC)
 
 /*
  * Certain architectures need to do special things when pte's
@@ -230,7 +234,6 @@ static inline void set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval)
 	}
 #endif
 }
-#define set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pteval) set_pte(ptep, pteval)
 
 static inline void pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
@@ -246,6 +249,22 @@ static inline void pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *pt
 }
 #endif
 
+static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+			      pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval)
+{
+	extern void __update_cache(unsigned long address, pte_t pte);
+
+	if (!pte_present(pteval))
+		goto cache_sync_done;
+
+	if (pte_present(*ptep) && (pte_pfn(*ptep) == pte_pfn(pteval)))
+		goto cache_sync_done;
+
+	__update_cache(addr, pteval);
+cache_sync_done:
+	set_pte(ptep, pteval);
+}
+
 /*
  * (pmds are folded into puds so this doesn't get actually called,
  * but the define is needed for a generic inline function.)
@@ -442,15 +461,12 @@ static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)
 
 extern void __update_tlb(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	pte_t pte);
-extern void __update_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
-	pte_t pte);
 
 static inline void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep)
 {
 	pte_t pte = *ptep;
 	__update_tlb(vma, address, pte);
-	__update_cache(vma, address, pte);
 }
 
 static inline void update_mmu_cache_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
index 8befa55234df..bf04c6c479a4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
@@ -125,30 +125,17 @@ void __flush_anon_page(struct page *page, unsigned long vmaddr)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__flush_anon_page);
 
-void __flush_icache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page)
-{
-	unsigned long addr;
-
-	if (PageHighMem(page))
-		return;
-
-	addr = (unsigned long) page_address(page);
-	flush_data_cache_page(addr);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__flush_icache_page);
-
-void __update_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
-	pte_t pte)
+void __update_cache(unsigned long address, pte_t pte)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned long pfn, addr;
-	int exec = (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC) && !cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc;
+	int exec = !pte_no_exec(pte) && !cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc;
 
 	pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
 	if (unlikely(!pfn_valid(pfn)))
 		return;
 	page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-	if (page_mapping(page) && Page_dcache_dirty(page)) {
+	if (Page_dcache_dirty(page)) {
 		if (PageHighMem(page))
 			addr = (unsigned long)kmap_atomic(page);
 		else