diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/highmem.h
index 70900a73bfc8849772152b6b793370655e018369..6e5eafb3afdd476bfc7bf6d7dd5a2ecd28e425ea 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 #define PKMAP_ADDR(nr)		(PKMAP_BASE + ((nr) << PAGE_SHIFT))
 #define PKMAP_NR(virt)		(((virt) - PKMAP_BASE) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
 
-#define kmap_prot		PAGE_KERNEL
-
-
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 
 extern void kmap_init(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/highmem.h
index b0d4bd8dc3c1ac56b79e4a65b350d719246686d6..31811be38d7817d5e2bbbf279fc8e9fc2e839160 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #define PKMAP_NR(virt)		(((virt) - PKMAP_BASE) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
 #define PKMAP_ADDR(nr)		(PKMAP_BASE + ((nr) << PAGE_SHIFT))
 
-#define kmap_prot		PAGE_KERNEL
-
 #define flush_cache_kmaps() \
 	do { \
 		if (cache_is_vivt()) \
diff --git a/arch/csky/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/csky/include/asm/highmem.h
index ea2f3f39174d9c5ab1462ed726f55b8e0a6425f5..14645e3d5cd52d0a5f81851c8a2ce68a4438e769 100644
--- a/arch/csky/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/csky/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ extern void *kmap_atomic_pfn(unsigned long pfn);
 
 extern void kmap_init(void);
 
-#define kmap_prot PAGE_KERNEL
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* __ASM_CSKY_HIGHMEM_H */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/highmem.h
index d7c55cfd27bd998392db7d83bae9a52016ef423c..284ca8fb54c1dd9729b0dda34eb3f99bae252426 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 
-#define kmap_prot		PAGE_KERNEL
 extern pte_t *kmap_pte;
 extern pte_t *pkmap_page_table;
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/highmem.h
index 76dec0bd4f59914c34cbad368bdd02a064914fe7..f1f788b5716663f6037bfd24e7be3abd3c695e32 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ extern void *kmap_atomic_pfn(unsigned long pfn);
 
 extern void kmap_init(void);
 
-#define kmap_prot PAGE_KERNEL
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_HIGHMEM_H */
diff --git a/arch/nds32/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/nds32/include/asm/highmem.h
index a48a6536d41a6eeb69b970292a80a44072978572..5717647d14d11dc01ef291a8dffb97055e0f858b 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/nds32/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #define LAST_PKMAP_MASK		(LAST_PKMAP - 1)
 #define PKMAP_NR(virt)		(((virt) - (PKMAP_BASE)) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
 #define PKMAP_ADDR(nr)		(PKMAP_BASE + ((nr) << PAGE_SHIFT))
-#define kmap_prot		PAGE_KERNEL
 
 static inline void flush_cache_kmaps(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/highmem.h
index 8d8ee3fcd800e0b6bcb128938995b1aa13231b66..104026f7d6bc2c5c4fb5e4e566265522529397ff 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 
-#define kmap_prot		PAGE_KERNEL
 extern pte_t *kmap_pte;
 extern pte_t *pkmap_page_table;
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/highmem.h
index f4babe67cb5d365248272628ce195c5a5e55c340..ddb03c04f1f34c587215fce76e01eb1bf92750e9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/highmem.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/highmem.h
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@
 #include <asm/vaddrs.h>
 #include <asm/kmap_types.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
+#include <asm/pgtsrmmu.h>
 
 /* declarations for highmem.c */
 extern unsigned long highstart_pfn, highend_pfn;
 
-extern pgprot_t kmap_prot;
+#define kmap_prot __pgprot(SRMMU_ET_PTE | SRMMU_PRIV | SRMMU_CACHE)
 extern pte_t *pkmap_page_table;
 
 void kmap_init(void) __init;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c b/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
index 9309bcab4ae6fbc5c58553939ab485fc9e3d43fe..6ff6e2a9f9b387d312a4deb1b85fb311c0524f89 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/vaddrs.h>
 
-pgprot_t kmap_prot;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmap_prot);
-
 static pte_t *kmap_pte;
 
 void __init kmap_init(void)
@@ -51,7 +48,6 @@ void __init kmap_init(void)
 
         /* cache the first kmap pte */
         kmap_pte = pte_offset_kernel(dir, address);
-        kmap_prot = __pgprot(SRMMU_ET_PTE | SRMMU_PRIV | SRMMU_CACHE);
 }
 
 void *kmap_atomic_high_prot(struct page *page, pgprot_t prot)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
index 28183ee3cc42acf6645291b8450f2a025a2c7cea..b9527a54db995a08df022355218488fb4dd09684 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ extern void reserve_top_address(unsigned long reserve);
 extern int fixmaps_set;
 
 extern pte_t *kmap_pte;
-#define kmap_prot PAGE_KERNEL
 extern pte_t *pkmap_page_table;
 
 void __native_set_fixmap(enum fixed_addresses idx, pte_t pte);
diff --git a/include/linux/highmem.h b/include/linux/highmem.h
index 091b32dff2d1efcb064ac21c5ea9133de2776fa2..d6e82e3de027ef6ec85eb9495a177e8f6a7e4ba7 100644
--- a/include/linux/highmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/highmem.h
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ extern void kunmap_atomic_high(void *kvaddr);
 static inline void kmap_flush_tlb(unsigned long addr) { }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef kmap_prot
+#define kmap_prot PAGE_KERNEL
+#endif
+
 void *kmap_high(struct page *page);
 static inline void *kmap(struct page *page)
 {