diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index dc802306045653be7177fd619cdc3dffbcd92815..b88d8acb3ab587e3651cf030fc1d410b9f31f1ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -1112,6 +1112,15 @@ access_error(unsigned long error_code, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	/* This is only called for the current mm, so: */
 	bool foreign = false;
+
+	/*
+	 * Read or write was blocked by protection keys.  This is
+	 * always an unconditional error and can never result in
+	 * a follow-up action to resolve the fault, like a COW.
+	 */
+	if (error_code & PF_PK)
+		return 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * Make sure to check the VMA so that we do not perform
 	 * faults just to hit a PF_PK as soon as we fill in a