diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 709badd4475f..a05d782dcf5e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ static inline pte_t set_pte_bit(pte_t pte, pgprot_t prot)
 static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)
 {
 	pte = set_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_WRITE));
-	pte = clear_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_RDONLY));
+	if (pte_sw_dirty(pte))
+		pte = clear_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_RDONLY));
 	return pte;
 }