diff --git a/include/asm-um/pgtable.h b/include/asm-um/pgtable.h
index ed06170e0eddd448b5ac5f1a2b99613d170ed3ea..616d02b57ea90bc5fe58b5bf961babc8125b8c68 100644
--- a/include/asm-um/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-um/pgtable.h
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ static inline void set_pte(pte_t *pteptr, pte_t pteval)
 static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)
 {
 	pte_set_val(pte, (pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_CHG_MASK), newprot);
-	if(pte_present(pte)) pte = pte_mknewpage(pte_mknewprot(pte));
 	return pte; 
 }