diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
index d6fe9093ea91..763a7e3e6a04 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
@@ -1137,13 +1137,18 @@ void untrack_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
 }
 
 /*
- * untrack_pfn_moved is called, while mremapping a pfnmap for a new region,
- * with the old vma after its pfnmap page table has been removed.  The new
- * vma has a new pfnmap to the same pfn & cache type with VM_PAT set.
- */
-void untrack_pfn_moved(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+ * untrack_pfn_clear is called if the following situation fits:
+ *
+ * 1) while mremapping a pfnmap for a new region,  with the old vma after
+ * its pfnmap page table has been removed.  The new vma has a new pfnmap
+ * to the same pfn & cache type with VM_PAT set.
+ * 2) while duplicating vm area, the new vma fails to copy the pgtable from
+ * old vma.
+
+*/
+void untrack_pfn_clear(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_PAT;
+	vm_flags_clear(vma, VM_PAT);
 }
 
 pgprot_t pgprot_writecombine(pgprot_t prot)
diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index 5f0d7d0b9471..cce5f8ab461c 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -1214,9 +1214,10 @@ static inline void untrack_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 
 /*
- * untrack_pfn_moved is called while mremapping a pfnmap for a new region.
+ * untrack_pfn_clear is called while mremapping a pfnmap for a new region
+ * or fails to copy pgtable during duplicate vm area.
  */
-static inline void untrack_pfn_moved(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline void untrack_pfn_clear(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 }
 #else
@@ -1228,7 +1229,7 @@ extern void track_pfn_insert(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pgprot_t *prot,
 extern int track_pfn_copy(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 extern void untrack_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
 			unsigned long size);
-extern void untrack_pfn_moved(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+extern void untrack_pfn_clear(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 2e776ea38348..5a38e5f50085 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ copy_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma)
 			continue;
 		if (unlikely(copy_p4d_range(dst_vma, src_vma, dst_pgd, src_pgd,
 					    addr, next))) {
+			untrack_pfn_clear(dst_vma);
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 930f65c315c0..6ed28eeae5a8 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	/* Tell pfnmap has moved from this vma */
 	if (unlikely(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP))
-		untrack_pfn_moved(vma);
+		untrack_pfn_clear(vma);
 
 	if (unlikely(!err && (flags & MREMAP_DONTUNMAP))) {
 		/* We always clear VM_LOCKED[ONFAULT] on the old vma */