diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index f88ac80530c0..8b08fb955274 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -601,12 +601,13 @@ void unmap_devmem(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size, pgprot_t vma_prot)
  * Reserved non RAM regions only and after successful reserve_memtype,
  * this func also keeps identity mapping (if any) in sync with this new prot.
  */
-static int reserve_pfn_range(u64 paddr, unsigned long size, pgprot_t vma_prot)
+static int reserve_pfn_range(u64 paddr, unsigned long size, pgprot_t *vma_prot,
+				int strict_prot)
 {
 	int is_ram = 0;
 	int id_sz, ret;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned long want_flags = (pgprot_val(vma_prot) & _PAGE_CACHE_MASK);
+	unsigned long want_flags = (pgprot_val(*vma_prot) & _PAGE_CACHE_MASK);
 
 	is_ram = pagerange_is_ram(paddr, paddr + size);
 
@@ -625,15 +626,24 @@ static int reserve_pfn_range(u64 paddr, unsigned long size, pgprot_t vma_prot)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (flags != want_flags) {
-		free_memtype(paddr, paddr + size);
-		printk(KERN_ERR
-		"%s:%d map pfn expected mapping type %s for %Lx-%Lx, got %s\n",
-			current->comm, current->pid,
-			cattr_name(want_flags),
-			(unsigned long long)paddr,
-			(unsigned long long)(paddr + size),
-			cattr_name(flags));
-		return -EINVAL;
+		if (strict_prot || !is_new_memtype_allowed(want_flags, flags)) {
+			free_memtype(paddr, paddr + size);
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s:%d map pfn expected mapping type %s"
+				" for %Lx-%Lx, got %s\n",
+				current->comm, current->pid,
+				cattr_name(want_flags),
+				(unsigned long long)paddr,
+				(unsigned long long)(paddr + size),
+				cattr_name(flags));
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * We allow returning different type than the one requested in
+		 * non strict case.
+		 */
+		*vma_prot = __pgprot((pgprot_val(*vma_prot) &
+				      (~_PAGE_CACHE_MASK)) |
+				     flags);
 	}
 
 	/* Need to keep identity mapping in sync */
@@ -689,6 +699,7 @@ int track_pfn_vma_copy(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	unsigned long vma_start = vma->vm_start;
 	unsigned long vma_end = vma->vm_end;
 	unsigned long vma_size = vma_end - vma_start;
+	pgprot_t pgprot;
 
 	if (!pat_enabled)
 		return 0;
@@ -702,7 +713,8 @@ int track_pfn_vma_copy(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		return reserve_pfn_range(paddr, vma_size, __pgprot(prot));
+		pgprot = __pgprot(prot);
+		return reserve_pfn_range(paddr, vma_size, &pgprot, 1);
 	}
 
 	/* reserve entire vma page by page, using pfn and prot from pte */
@@ -710,7 +722,8 @@ int track_pfn_vma_copy(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		if (follow_phys(vma, vma_start + i, 0, &prot, &paddr))
 			continue;
 
-		retval = reserve_pfn_range(paddr, PAGE_SIZE, __pgprot(prot));
+		pgprot = __pgprot(prot);
+		retval = reserve_pfn_range(paddr, PAGE_SIZE, &pgprot, 1);
 		if (retval)
 			goto cleanup_ret;
 	}
@@ -758,14 +771,14 @@ int track_pfn_vma_new(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pgprot_t *prot,
 	if (is_linear_pfn_mapping(vma)) {
 		/* reserve the whole chunk starting from vm_pgoff */
 		paddr = (resource_size_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
-		return reserve_pfn_range(paddr, vma_size, *prot);
+		return reserve_pfn_range(paddr, vma_size, prot, 0);
 	}
 
 	/* reserve page by page using pfn and size */
 	base_paddr = (resource_size_t)pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		paddr = base_paddr + i;
-		retval = reserve_pfn_range(paddr, PAGE_SIZE, *prot);
+		retval = reserve_pfn_range(paddr, PAGE_SIZE, prot, 0);
 		if (retval)
 			goto cleanup_ret;
 	}