diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 34d42a7d55955568a555b8edbf5091f6d15c08e8..67fc3d2b0aabe6e7b5a5af631b80bf9e8c25a46b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -132,13 +132,7 @@ static inline int pte_exec(pte_t pte)
 
 static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
 {
-	/*
-	 * See CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING pte_numa in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h.
-	 * On x86 we have _PAGE_BIT_NUMA == _PAGE_BIT_GLOBAL+1 ==
-	 * __PAGE_BIT_SOFTW1 == _PAGE_BIT_SPECIAL.
-	 */
-	return (pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL) &&
-		(pte_flags(pte) & (_PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_PROTNONE));
+	return pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long pte_pfn(pte_t pte)