+static inline int pmd_protnone(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return pte_protnone(pmd_pte(pmd));
+}
+
 static inline int pte_present(pte_t pte)
 {
 	return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_NUMA_MASK;

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 081d6f4..2e25780 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h

@@ -502,6 +502,22 @@ static inline int pmd_present(pmd_t pmd)
 				 _PAGE_NUMA);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
+/*
+ * These work without NUMA balancing but the kernel does not care. See the
+ * comment in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+ */
+static inline int pte_protnone(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_PROTNONE;
+}
+
+static inline int pmd_protnone(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return pmd_flags(pmd) & _PAGE_PROTNONE;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
+
 static inline int pmd_none(pmd_t pmd)
 {
 	/* Only check low word on 32-bit platforms, since it might be

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 177d597..d497d08 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h

@@ -688,6 +688,26 @@ static inline int pmd_trans_unstable(pmd_t *pmd)
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
+/*
+ * Technically a PTE can be PROTNONE even when not doing NUMA balancing but
+ * the only case the kernel cares is for NUMA balancing and is only ever set
+ * when the VMA is accessible. For PROT_NONE VMAs, the PTEs are not marked
+ * _PAGE_PROTNONE so by by default, implement the helper as "always no". It
+ * is the responsibility of the caller to distinguish between PROT_NONE
+ * protections and NUMA hinting fault protections.
+ */
+static inline int pte_protnone(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int pmd_protnone(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
 /*
  * _PAGE_NUMA distinguishes between an unmapped page table entry, an entry that