diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
index c1c429d00130c2a233b35f69449d5a02a9f6f2e9..03657e784fd8fbf03e851bdc6f79837361b02fdb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if (nx_enabled)
-		set_pages_x(image->control_code_page, 1);
+	set_pages_x(image->control_code_page, 1);
 	error = machine_kexec_alloc_page_tables(image);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -172,8 +171,7 @@ int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image)
  */
 void machine_kexec_cleanup(struct kimage *image)
 {
-	if (nx_enabled)
-		set_pages_nx(image->control_code_page, 1);
+	set_pages_nx(image->control_code_page, 1);
 	machine_kexec_free_page_tables(image);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 09a140ca7be8b5d8693eca9b9f12fa2463f4e8fb..1d4eb93d333c125d5d33682f46ac62263bbd82ff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -1085,12 +1085,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_memory_array_wb);
 
 int set_memory_x(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 {
+	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+		return 0;
+
 	return change_page_attr_clear(&addr, numpages, __pgprot(_PAGE_NX), 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_memory_x);
 
 int set_memory_nx(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 {
+	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+		return 0;
+
 	return change_page_attr_set(&addr, numpages, __pgprot(_PAGE_NX), 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_memory_nx);