diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 867da5bbb4a3..81e144dad405 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -318,6 +318,16 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmd_t pmd)
 	return pmd_set_flags(pmd, _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY);
 }
 
+static inline pte_t pte_clear_soft_dirty(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return pte_clear_flags(pte, _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY);
+}
+
+static inline pmd_t pmd_clear_soft_dirty(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY);
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY */
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index e2d46adb54b4..b029d426c558 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static inline void clear_soft_dirty(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	if (pte_present(ptent)) {
 		ptent = pte_wrprotect(ptent);
-		ptent = pte_clear_flags(ptent, _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY);
+		ptent = pte_clear_soft_dirty(ptent);
 	} else if (is_swap_pte(ptent)) {
 		ptent = pte_swp_clear_soft_dirty(ptent);
 	}
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static inline void clear_soft_dirty_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	pmd_t pmd = *pmdp;
 
 	pmd = pmd_wrprotect(pmd);
-	pmd = pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY);
+	pmd = pmd_clear_soft_dirty(pmd);
 
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY)
 		vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 29c57b2cb344..f167cdd80fd7 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -482,6 +482,16 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmd_t pmd)
 	return pmd;
 }
 
+static inline pte_t pte_clear_soft_dirty(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return pte;
+}
+
+static inline pmd_t pmd_clear_soft_dirty(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return pmd;
+}
+
 static inline pte_t pte_swp_mksoft_dirty(pte_t pte)
 {
 	return pte;