diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
index 3e10152abbf0f5873194e383cfcd8845f202b252..c6c19bf11becd573c38362462bf3c1ad0cce91bd 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ ia64_init_addr_space (void)
 		vma->vm_mm = current->mm;
 		vma->vm_start = current->thread.rbs_bot & PAGE_MASK;
 		vma->vm_end = vma->vm_start + PAGE_SIZE;
-		vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS & 0x7];
 		vma->vm_flags = VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS|VM_GROWSUP|VM_ACCOUNT;
+		vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags);
 		down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 		if (insert_vm_struct(current->mm, vma)) {
 			up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 070ddf13cb719d62ead6233961c2bb9716beed02..0b09447ae0404eac3c70b27db9224ee5598066b1 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	vma->vm_start = vma->vm_end - PAGE_SIZE;
 
 	vma->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS;
-	vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[vma->vm_flags & 0x7];
+	vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags);
 	err = insert_vm_struct(mm, vma);
 	if (err) {
 		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 4275e81e25ba69cf49b777ca2819fb6295d7b084..7a30c4988231377fbec31faf6a1dcfb7e6af44e6 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1048,8 +1048,7 @@ int vma_wants_writenotify(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 	/* The open routine did something to the protections already? */
 	if (pgprot_val(vma->vm_page_prot) !=
-	    pgprot_val(protection_map[vm_flags &
-		    (VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED)]))
+	    pgprot_val(vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags)))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Specialty mapping? */
@@ -1130,8 +1129,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	vma->vm_start = addr;
 	vma->vm_end = addr + len;
 	vma->vm_flags = vm_flags;
-	vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[vm_flags &
-				(VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED)];
+	vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags);
 	vma->vm_pgoff = pgoff;
 
 	if (file) {
@@ -2002,8 +2000,7 @@ unsigned long do_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 	vma->vm_end = addr + len;
 	vma->vm_pgoff = pgoff;
 	vma->vm_flags = flags;
-	vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[flags &
-				(VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED)];
+	vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(flags);
 	vma_link(mm, vma, prev, rb_link, rb_parent);
 out:
 	mm->total_vm += len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -2209,7 +2206,7 @@ int install_special_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	vma->vm_end = addr + len;
 
 	vma->vm_flags = vm_flags | mm->def_flags;
-	vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[vma->vm_flags & 7];
+	vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags);
 
 	vma->vm_ops = &special_mapping_vmops;
 	vma->vm_private_data = pages;
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 1d4d69790e59920e8876971dc0ed8adeb48175b8..55227845abbe869f0aad75724f4d10c93b5a189f 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -192,11 +192,9 @@ mprotect_fixup(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **pprev,
 	 * held in write mode.
 	 */
 	vma->vm_flags = newflags;
-	vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[newflags &
-		(VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED)];
+	vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(newflags);
 	if (vma_wants_writenotify(vma)) {
-		vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[newflags &
-			(VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC)];
+		vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(newflags);
 		dirty_accountable = 1;
 	}