diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
index 109baa06831cecc38cf1d9f11ba447a31c0c4b14..09ddddf71cc5049a570d11a5114ccec945df56ad 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ typedef pte_t * pgtable_t;
 #define virt_addr_valid(kaddr)  pfn_valid(virt_to_pfn(kaddr))
 
 /* Default Permissions for stack/heaps pages (Non Executable) */
-#define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS   (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE)
+#define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS   (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC)
 
 #define WANT_PAGE_VIRTUAL   1