diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 3927874f4d65d441ea24076b181df94cbcf2ab46..12adbb2bb67d92cbbee4dff5e41e9e3dd10050b8 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkdirty(pte_t pte)
 
 static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)
 {
-	pte_val(pte) |= (_PAGE_WRITE | _PAGE_DIRTY);
+	pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_WRITE;
+	if (pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_MODIFIED)
+		pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_DIRTY;
 	return pte;
 }
 
@@ -466,7 +468,9 @@ static inline int pmd_write(pmd_t pmd)
 
 static inline pmd_t pmd_mkwrite(pmd_t pmd)
 {
-	pmd_val(pmd) |= (_PAGE_WRITE | _PAGE_DIRTY);
+	pmd_val(pmd) |= _PAGE_WRITE;
+	if (pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_MODIFIED)
+		pmd_val(pmd) |= _PAGE_DIRTY;
 	return pmd;
 }