diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
index ed190e42bbc5..36e00371ba5a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ void demote_segment_4k(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
  * Userspace sets the subpage permissions using the subpage_prot system call.
  *
  * Result is 0: full permissions, _PAGE_RW: read-only,
- * _PAGE_USER or _PAGE_USER|_PAGE_RW: no access.
+ * _PAGE_RWX: no access.
  */
 static int subpage_protection(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long ea)
 {
@@ -947,8 +947,13 @@ static int subpage_protection(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long ea)
 	/* extract 2-bit bitfield for this 4k subpage */
 	spp >>= 30 - 2 * ((ea >> 12) & 0xf);
 
-	/* turn 0,1,2,3 into combination of _PAGE_USER and _PAGE_RW */
-	spp = ((spp & 2) ? _PAGE_USER : 0) | ((spp & 1) ? _PAGE_RW : 0);
+	/*
+	 * 0 -> full premission
+	 * 1 -> Read only
+	 * 2 -> no access.
+	 * We return the flag that need to be cleared.
+	 */
+	spp = ((spp & 2) ? _PAGE_RWX : 0) | ((spp & 1) ? _PAGE_WRITE : 0);
 	return spp;
 }