diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 54cdbd2003fe0930ff0a91158f55d00723e2400e..af1112980dd411334ef59d7d0a7b818946f2137d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -389,12 +389,6 @@ default_entry:
 	/* Make changes effective */
 	wrmsr
 
-	/*
-	 * And make sure that all the mappings we set up have NX set from
-	 * the beginning.
-	 */
-	orl $(1 << (_PAGE_BIT_NX - 32)), pa(__supported_pte_mask + 4)
-
 enable_paging:
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c b/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c
index 8bea84724a7da4bd1c6d3a0509166618c39e5349..f65a33f505b683a02aa7543ea653e54a8cdedc28 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ early_param("noexec", noexec_setup);
 
 void x86_configure_nx(void)
 {
-	/* If disable_nx is set, clear NX on all new mappings going forward. */
-	if (disable_nx)
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NX) && !disable_nx)
+		__supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_NX;
+	else
 		__supported_pte_mask &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 }