diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 160f5b503eaddeb5880cc0c4ac63c08821074e5c..7707187484ccce0b57b2d4bd333138b00fe479e7 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ copy_one_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
 	 */
 	if (is_cow_mapping(vm_flags)) {
 		ptep_set_wrprotect(src_mm, addr, src_pte);
-		pte = *src_pte;
+		pte = pte_wrprotect(pte);
 	}
 
 	/*