diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
index dee446278417..90821ce5e6ca 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
@@ -776,7 +776,6 @@ struct amdgpu_ttm_tt {
 static const uint64_t hmm_range_flags[HMM_PFN_FLAG_MAX] = {
 	(1 << 0), /* HMM_PFN_VALID */
 	(1 << 1), /* HMM_PFN_WRITE */
-	0 /* HMM_PFN_DEVICE_PRIVATE */
 };
 
 static const uint64_t hmm_range_values[HMM_PFN_VALUE_MAX] = {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dmem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dmem.c
index 0e36345d395c..edfd0805fba4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dmem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dmem.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <nvif/class.h>
 #include <nvif/object.h>
+#include <nvif/if000c.h>
 #include <nvif/if500b.h>
 #include <nvif/if900b.h>
 
@@ -692,9 +693,8 @@ nouveau_dmem_convert_pfn(struct nouveau_drm *drm,
 		if (page == NULL)
 			continue;
 
-		if (!(range->pfns[i] & range->flags[HMM_PFN_DEVICE_PRIVATE])) {
+		if (!is_device_private_page(page))
 			continue;
-		}
 
 		if (!nouveau_dmem_page(drm, page)) {
 			WARN(1, "Some unknown device memory !\n");
@@ -705,5 +705,6 @@ nouveau_dmem_convert_pfn(struct nouveau_drm *drm,
 		addr = nouveau_dmem_page_addr(page);
 		range->pfns[i] &= ((1UL << range->pfn_shift) - 1);
 		range->pfns[i] |= (addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) << range->pfn_shift;
+		range->pfns[i] |= NVIF_VMM_PFNMAP_V0_VRAM;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
index df9bf1fd1bc0..39c731a99937 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ static const u64
 nouveau_svm_pfn_flags[HMM_PFN_FLAG_MAX] = {
 	[HMM_PFN_VALID         ] = NVIF_VMM_PFNMAP_V0_V,
 	[HMM_PFN_WRITE         ] = NVIF_VMM_PFNMAP_V0_W,
-	[HMM_PFN_DEVICE_PRIVATE] = NVIF_VMM_PFNMAP_V0_VRAM,
 };
 
 static const u64
diff --git a/include/linux/hmm.h b/include/linux/hmm.h
index 4bf8d6997b12..5e6034f105c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/hmm.h
+++ b/include/linux/hmm.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
  * Flags:
  * HMM_PFN_VALID: pfn is valid. It has, at least, read permission.
  * HMM_PFN_WRITE: CPU page table has write permission set
- * HMM_PFN_DEVICE_PRIVATE: private device memory (ZONE_DEVICE)
  *
  * The driver provides a flags array for mapping page protections to device
  * PTE bits. If the driver valid bit for an entry is bit 3,
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@
 enum hmm_pfn_flag_e {
 	HMM_PFN_VALID = 0,
 	HMM_PFN_WRITE,
-	HMM_PFN_DEVICE_PRIVATE,
 	HMM_PFN_FLAG_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index 180e398170b0..cfad65f6a67b 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -118,15 +118,6 @@ static inline void hmm_pte_need_fault(const struct hmm_vma_walk *hmm_vma_walk,
 	/* We aren't ask to do anything ... */
 	if (!(pfns & range->flags[HMM_PFN_VALID]))
 		return;
-	/* If this is device memory then only fault if explicitly requested */
-	if ((cpu_flags & range->flags[HMM_PFN_DEVICE_PRIVATE])) {
-		/* Do we fault on device memory ? */
-		if (pfns & range->flags[HMM_PFN_DEVICE_PRIVATE]) {
-			*write_fault = pfns & range->flags[HMM_PFN_WRITE];
-			*fault = true;
-		}
-		return;
-	}
 
 	/* If CPU page table is not valid then we need to fault */
 	*fault = !(cpu_flags & range->flags[HMM_PFN_VALID]);
@@ -260,21 +251,15 @@ static int hmm_vma_handle_pte(struct mm_walk *walk, unsigned long addr,
 		swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(pte);
 
 		/*
-		 * This is a special swap entry, ignore migration, use
-		 * device and report anything else as error.
+		 * Never fault in device private pages pages, but just report
+		 * the PFN even if not present.
 		 */
 		if (is_device_private_entry(entry)) {
-			cpu_flags = range->flags[HMM_PFN_VALID] |
-				range->flags[HMM_PFN_DEVICE_PRIVATE];
-			cpu_flags |= is_write_device_private_entry(entry) ?
-				range->flags[HMM_PFN_WRITE] : 0;
-			hmm_pte_need_fault(hmm_vma_walk, orig_pfn, cpu_flags,
-					   &fault, &write_fault);
-			if (fault || write_fault)
-				goto fault;
 			*pfn = hmm_device_entry_from_pfn(range,
 					    swp_offset(entry));
-			*pfn |= cpu_flags;
+			*pfn |= range->flags[HMM_PFN_VALID];
+			if (is_write_device_private_entry(entry))
+				*pfn |= range->flags[HMM_PFN_WRITE];
 			return 0;
 		}
 
