diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 99985d8b7166..506bbc773087 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -297,4 +297,20 @@ extern void __init mmu_init(void);
 extern void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			     unsigned long address, pte_t *pte);
 
+static inline int pte_same(pte_t pte_a, pte_t pte_b);
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_SET_ACCESS_FLAGS
+static inline int ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep,
+					pte_t entry, int dirty)
+{
+	if (!pte_same(*ptep, entry))
+		set_ptes(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep, entry, 1);
+	/*
+	 * update_mmu_cache will unconditionally execute, handling both
+	 * the case that the PTE changed and the spurious fault case.
+	 */
+	return true;
+}
+
 #endif /* _ASM_NIOS2_PGTABLE_H */