diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c
index f600fc244f02..c30a16df6440 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cpa_lock);
 static struct list_head df_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(df_list);
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ pte_t *lookup_address(unsigned long address)
         return pte_offset_kernel(pmd, address);
 } 
 
-static struct page *split_large_page(unsigned long address, pgprot_t prot)
+static struct page *split_large_page(unsigned long address, pgprot_t prot,
+					pgprot_t ref_prot)
 { 
 	int i; 
 	unsigned long addr;
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ static struct page *split_large_page(unsigned long address, pgprot_t prot)
 	pbase = (pte_t *)page_address(base);
 	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
                set_pte(&pbase[i], pfn_pte(addr >> PAGE_SHIFT,
-                                          addr == address ? prot : PAGE_KERNEL));
+                                          addr == address ? prot : ref_prot));
 	}
 	return base;
 } 
@@ -98,11 +100,18 @@ static void set_pmd_pte(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address, pte_t pte)
  */
 static inline void revert_page(struct page *kpte_page, unsigned long address)
 {
-	pte_t *linear = (pte_t *) 
+	pgprot_t ref_prot;
+	pte_t *linear;
+
+	ref_prot =
+	((address & LARGE_PAGE_MASK) < (unsigned long)&_etext)
+		? PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC : PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE;
+
+	linear = (pte_t *)
 		pmd_offset(pud_offset(pgd_offset_k(address), address), address);
 	set_pmd_pte(linear,  address,
 		    pfn_pte((__pa(address) & LARGE_PAGE_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
-			    PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE));
+			    ref_prot));
 }
 
 static int
@@ -123,10 +132,16 @@ __change_page_attr(struct page *page, pgprot_t prot)
 		if ((pte_val(*kpte) & _PAGE_PSE) == 0) { 
 			set_pte_atomic(kpte, mk_pte(page, prot)); 
 		} else {
-			struct page *split = split_large_page(address, prot); 
+			pgprot_t ref_prot;
+			struct page *split;
+
+			ref_prot =
+			((address & LARGE_PAGE_MASK) < (unsigned long)&_etext)
+				? PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC : PAGE_KERNEL;
+			split = split_large_page(address, prot, ref_prot);
 			if (!split)
 				return -ENOMEM;
-			set_pmd_pte(kpte,address,mk_pte(split, PAGE_KERNEL));
+			set_pmd_pte(kpte,address,mk_pte(split, ref_prot));
 			kpte_page = split;
 		}	
 		get_page(kpte_page);