diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index b5df82aa99e6..71a1af42f0e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -1082,24 +1082,13 @@ 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.
  */
-static inline bool arch_faults_on_old_pte(void)
-{
-	/* The register read below requires a stable CPU to make any sense */
-	cant_migrate();
-
-	return !cpu_has_hw_af();
-}
-#define arch_faults_on_old_pte		arch_faults_on_old_pte
+#define arch_has_hw_pte_young		cpu_has_hw_af
 
 /*
  * Experimentally, it's cheap to set the access flag in hardware and we
  * benefit from prefaulting mappings as 'old' to start with.
  */
-static inline bool arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte(void)
-{
-	return !arch_faults_on_old_pte();
-}
-#define arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte	arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte
+#define arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte	cpu_has_hw_af
 
 static inline bool pud_sect_supported(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 44e2d6f1dbaa..dc5f7d8ef68a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -1431,10 +1431,10 @@ static inline bool arch_has_pfn_modify_check(void)
 	return boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF);
 }
 
-#define arch_faults_on_old_pte arch_faults_on_old_pte
-static inline bool arch_faults_on_old_pte(void)
+#define arch_has_hw_pte_young arch_has_hw_pte_young
+static inline bool arch_has_hw_pte_young(void)
 {
-	return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK
diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index d13b4f7cc5be..375e8e7e64f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -260,6 +260,19 @@ 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 e38f9245470c..3a9b00c765c2 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -126,18 +126,6 @@ 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
-
 #ifndef arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte
 static inline bool arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte(void)
 {
@@ -2871,7 +2859,7 @@ static inline bool __wp_page_copy_user(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_faults_on_old_pte() && !pte_young(vmf->orig_pte)) {
+	if (!arch_has_hw_pte_young() && !pte_young(vmf->orig_pte)) {
 		pte_t entry;
 
 		vmf->pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, vmf->pmd, addr, &vmf->ptl);