diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgtable.h
index 17c8766777f1..4d453f979553 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgtable.h
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ int map_kernel_page(unsigned long va, phys_addr_t pa, int flags);
 
 /* Generic accessors to PTE bits */
 static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)		{ return !!(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_RW);}
+static inline int pte_read(pte_t pte)		{ return 1; }
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return !!(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY); }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)		{ return !!(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED); }
 static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return !!(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL); }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
index 18a8580d3ddc..1071d52f382d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)
 	return __pte_write(pte) || pte_savedwrite(pte);
 }
 
+static inline int pte_read(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return !!(pte_raw(pte) & cpu_to_be64(_PAGE_READ));
+}
+
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_SET_WRPROTECT
 static inline void ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 				      pte_t *ptep)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h
index e5805ad78e12..17989c3d9a24 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)
 {
 	return (pte_val(pte) & (_PAGE_RW | _PAGE_RO)) != _PAGE_RO;
 }
+static inline int pte_read(pte_t pte)		{ return 1; }
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL; }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index e1bf5ca397fe..1226932579a0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -977,7 +977,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__find_linux_pte_or_hugepte);
 int gup_hugepte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long sz, unsigned long addr,
 		unsigned long end, int write, struct page **pages, int *nr)
 {
-	unsigned long mask;
 	unsigned long pte_end;
 	struct page *head, *page;
 	pte_t pte;
@@ -988,18 +987,10 @@ int gup_hugepte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long sz, unsigned long addr,
 		end = pte_end;
 
 	pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
-	mask = _PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_READ;
 
-	/*
-	 * On some CPUs like the 8xx, _PAGE_RW hence _PAGE_WRITE is defined
-	 * as 0 and _PAGE_RO has to be set when a page is not writable
-	 */
-	if (write)
-		mask |= _PAGE_WRITE;
-	else
-		mask |= _PAGE_RO;
-
-	if ((pte_val(pte) & mask) != mask)
+	if (!pte_present(pte) || !pte_read(pte))
+		return 0;
+	if (write && !pte_write(pte))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* hugepages are never "special" */