diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 9b2345c9e0c3..7d90ceb882a4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -919,9 +919,9 @@ spurious_fault(unsigned long error_code, unsigned long address)
 int show_unhandled_signals = 1;
 
 static inline int
-access_error(unsigned long error_code, int write, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+access_error(unsigned long error_code, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (write) {
+	if (error_code & PF_WRITE) {
 		/* write, present and write, not present: */
 		if (unlikely(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)))
 			return 1;
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
 	 * we can handle it..
 	 */
 good_area:
-	if (unlikely(access_error(error_code, write, vma))) {
+	if (unlikely(access_error(error_code, vma))) {
 		bad_area_access_error(regs, error_code, address);
 		return;
 	}