diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c b/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c
index 0417c8e2a81c..f956efbd933d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c
@@ -1400,7 +1400,9 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
 			new_pmd = kvm_s2pmd_mkwrite(new_pmd);
 			kvm_set_pfn_dirty(pfn);
 		}
-		clean_dcache_guest_page(vcpu, pfn, PMD_SIZE);
+
+		if (fault_status != FSC_PERM)
+			clean_dcache_guest_page(vcpu, pfn, PMD_SIZE);
 
 		if (exec_fault) {
 			new_pmd = kvm_s2pmd_mkexec(new_pmd);
@@ -1416,7 +1418,9 @@ static int user_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
 			kvm_set_pfn_dirty(pfn);
 			mark_page_dirty(kvm, gfn);
 		}
-		clean_dcache_guest_page(vcpu, pfn, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+		if (fault_status != FSC_PERM)
+			clean_dcache_guest_page(vcpu, pfn, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 		if (exec_fault) {
 			new_pte = kvm_s2pte_mkexec(new_pte);