diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 56eaae9dac1a..1f47ff83a9c2 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -921,6 +921,10 @@ static int userfaultfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 			prev = vma;
 			continue;
 		}
+		/* Reset ptes for the whole vma range if wr-protected */
+		if (userfaultfd_wp(vma))
+			uffd_wp_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
+				      vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start, false);
 		new_flags = vma->vm_flags & ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
 		prev = vma_merge(&vmi, mm, prev, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
 				 new_flags, vma->anon_vma,