diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
index b598e6978b29..2dd5c41cbb8d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void do_bad_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
  */
 static inline bool access_error(unsigned int fsr, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	unsigned int mask = VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC;
+	unsigned int mask = VM_ACCESS_FLAGS;
 
 	if ((fsr & FSR_WRITE) && !(fsr & FSR_CM))
 		mask = VM_WRITE;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index 1027851d469a..c9cedc0432d2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static int __kprobes do_page_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
 	const struct fault_info *inf;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	vm_fault_t fault, major = 0;
-	unsigned long vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC;
+	unsigned long vm_flags = VM_ACCESS_FLAGS;
 	unsigned int mm_flags = FAULT_FLAG_DEFAULT;
 
 	if (kprobe_page_fault(regs, esr))
diff --git a/arch/nds32/mm/fault.c b/arch/nds32/mm/fault.c
index 0cf0c08c7da2..f331e533edc2 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/nds32/mm/fault.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void do_page_fault(unsigned long entry, unsigned long addr,
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	int si_code;
 	vm_fault_t fault;
-	unsigned int mask = VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC;
+	unsigned int mask = VM_ACCESS_FLAGS;
 	unsigned int flags = FAULT_FLAG_DEFAULT;
 
 	error_code = error_code & (ITYPE_mskINST | ITYPE_mskETYPE);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c
index 07527f1ed108..1199fc2bfaec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pkeys.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ int __execute_only_pkey(struct mm_struct *mm)
 static inline bool vma_is_pkey_exec_only(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	/* Do this check first since the vm_flags should be hot */
-	if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC)) != VM_EXEC)
+	if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCESS_FLAGS) != VM_EXEC)
 		return false;
 
 	return (vma_pkey(vma) == vma->vm_mm->context.execute_only_pkey);
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index d56f67745e3e..9822a1fd1c6b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ void do_dat_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	int access;
 	vm_fault_t fault;
 
-	access = VM_READ | VM_EXEC | VM_WRITE;
+	access = VM_ACCESS_FLAGS;
 	fault = do_exception(regs, access);
 	if (unlikely(fault))
 		do_fault_error(regs, access, fault);
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c b/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c
index a9bd08fbe588..3022104aa613 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/mm/fault.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void do_bad_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
  */
 static inline bool access_error(unsigned int fsr, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	unsigned int mask = VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC;
+	unsigned int mask = VM_ACCESS_FLAGS;
 
 	if (!(fsr ^ 0x12))	/* write? */
 		mask = VM_WRITE;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pkeys.c b/arch/x86/mm/pkeys.c
index c6f84c0b5d7a..8873ed1438a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pkeys.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pkeys.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int __execute_only_pkey(struct mm_struct *mm)
 static inline bool vma_is_pkey_exec_only(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	/* Do this check first since the vm_flags should be hot */
-	if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC)) != VM_EXEC)
+	if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCESS_FLAGS) != VM_EXEC)
 		return false;
 	if (vma_pkey(vma) != vma->vm_mm->context.execute_only_pkey)
 		return false;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_core.c b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_core.c
index cd181a64f737..8e0575fcb4c8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_core.c
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static bool gasket_mmap_has_permissions(struct gasket_dev *gasket_dev,
 
 	/* Make sure that no wrong flags are set. */
 	requested_permissions =
-		(vma->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE | VM_READ | VM_EXEC));
+		(vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCESS_FLAGS);
 	if (requested_permissions & ~(bar_permissions)) {
 		dev_dbg(gasket_dev->dev,
 			"Attempting to map a region with requested permissions 0x%x, but region has permissions 0x%x.\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 33076fa149c8..4db1522d7c48 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 
 #define VM_STACK_FLAGS	(VM_STACK | VM_STACK_DEFAULT_FLAGS | VM_ACCOUNT)
 
+/* VMA basic access permission flags */
+#define VM_ACCESS_FLAGS (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC)
+
+
 /*
  * Special vmas that are non-mergable, non-mlock()able.
  */
@@ -646,7 +650,7 @@ static inline bool vma_is_foreign(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 static inline bool vma_is_accessible(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	return vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC);
+	return vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCESS_FLAGS;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SHMEM
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index de07bbc0e21f..f609e9ec4a25 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ static int anon_vma_compatible(struct vm_area_struct *a, struct vm_area_struct *
 	return a->vm_end == b->vm_start &&
 		mpol_equal(vma_policy(a), vma_policy(b)) &&
 		a->vm_file == b->vm_file &&
-		!((a->vm_flags ^ b->vm_flags) & ~(VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SOFTDIRTY)) &&
+		!((a->vm_flags ^ b->vm_flags) & ~(VM_ACCESS_FLAGS | VM_SOFTDIRTY)) &&
 		b->vm_pgoff == a->vm_pgoff + ((b->vm_start - a->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 1d823b050329..494192ca954b 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ mprotect_fixup(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **pprev,
 	 */
 	if (arch_has_pfn_modify_check() &&
 	    (vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP)) &&
-	    (newflags & (VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC)) == 0) {
+	    (newflags & VM_ACCESS_FLAGS) == 0) {
 		pgprot_t new_pgprot = vm_get_page_prot(newflags);
 
 		error = walk_page_range(current->mm, start, end,
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static int do_mprotect_pkey(unsigned long start, size_t len,
 		newflags |= (vma->vm_flags & ~mask_off_old_flags);
 
 		/* newflags >> 4 shift VM_MAY% in place of VM_% */
-		if ((newflags & ~(newflags >> 4)) & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC)) {
+		if ((newflags & ~(newflags >> 4)) & VM_ACCESS_FLAGS) {
 			error = -EACCES;
 			goto out;
 		}