diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 6a1976149af4..4f48704996dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -894,7 +894,13 @@ static inline void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
  * page after fork() + CoW for pfn mappings. We don't always have a
  * hardware-managed access flag on arm64.
  */
-#define arch_has_hw_pte_young		cpu_has_hw_af
+static inline bool arch_faults_on_old_pte(void)
+{
+	WARN_ON(preemptible());
+
+	return !cpu_has_hw_af();
+}
+#define arch_faults_on_old_pte arch_faults_on_old_pte
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 0c6e2b758857..d711bc431a2c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -1472,10 +1472,10 @@ static inline bool arch_has_pfn_modify_check(void)
 	return boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF);
 }
 
-#define arch_has_hw_pte_young arch_has_hw_pte_young
-static inline bool arch_has_hw_pte_young(void)
+#define arch_faults_on_old_pte arch_faults_on_old_pte
+static inline bool arch_faults_on_old_pte(void)
 {
-	return true;
+	return false;
 }
 
 #include <asm-generic/pgtable.h>
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 3ac04e08b568..f5895a174b3b 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -121,19 +121,6 @@ static inline int pmdp_clear_flush_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 #endif
 
-#ifndef arch_has_hw_pte_young
-/*
- * Return whether the accessed bit is supported on the local CPU.
- *
- * This stub assumes accessing through an old PTE triggers a page fault.
- * Architectures that automatically set the access bit should overwrite it.
- */
-static inline bool arch_has_hw_pte_young(void)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_GET_AND_CLEAR
 static inline pte_t ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				       unsigned long address,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 175ea2765182..609e32cfbb0e 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -120,6 +120,18 @@ int randomize_va_space __read_mostly =
 					2;
 #endif
 
+#ifndef arch_faults_on_old_pte
+static inline bool arch_faults_on_old_pte(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Those arches which don't have hw access flag feature need to
+	 * implement their own helper. By default, "true" means pagefault
+	 * will be hit on old pte.
+	 */
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int __init disable_randmaps(char *s)
 {
 	randomize_va_space = 0;
@@ -2359,7 +2371,7 @@ static inline bool cow_user_page(struct page *dst, struct page *src,
 	 * On architectures with software "accessed" bits, we would
 	 * take a double page fault, so mark it accessed here.
 	 */
-	if (!arch_has_hw_pte_young() && !pte_young(vmf->orig_pte)) {
+	if (arch_faults_on_old_pte() && !pte_young(vmf->orig_pte)) {
 		pte_t entry;
 
 		vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, vmf->pmd, addr, &vmf->ptl);