diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
index a3e7be96527d7e3dc1d1c207b5b3abc14578c60e..1e7f6b1c0c971a927cd3a6eec487b3fa48000982 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
@@ -266,20 +266,13 @@ static int find_grant_ptes(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data)
 {
 	struct gntdev_grant_map *map = data;
 	unsigned int pgnr = (addr - map->vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	int flags = map->flags | GNTMAP_application_map | GNTMAP_contains_pte;
+	int flags = map->flags | GNTMAP_application_map | GNTMAP_contains_pte |
+		    (1 << _GNTMAP_guest_avail0);
 	u64 pte_maddr;
 
 	BUG_ON(pgnr >= map->count);
 	pte_maddr = arbitrary_virt_to_machine(pte).maddr;
 
-	/*
-	 * Set the PTE as special to force get_user_pages_fast() fall
-	 * back to the slow path.  If this is not supported as part of
-	 * the grant map, it will be done afterwards.
-	 */
-	if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_gnttab_map_avail_bits))
-		flags |= (1 << _GNTMAP_guest_avail0);
-
 	gnttab_set_map_op(&map->map_ops[pgnr], pte_maddr, flags,
 			  map->grants[pgnr].ref,
 			  map->grants[pgnr].domid);
@@ -288,14 +281,6 @@ static int find_grant_ptes(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86
-static int set_grant_ptes_as_special(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data)
-{
-	set_pte_at(current->mm, addr, pte, pte_mkspecial(*pte));
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 int gntdev_map_grant_pages(struct gntdev_grant_map *map)
 {
 	int i, err = 0;
@@ -1055,23 +1040,6 @@ static int gntdev_mmap(struct file *flip, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		err = vm_map_pages_zero(vma, map->pages, map->count);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_put_map;
-	} else {
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86
-		/*
-		 * If the PTEs were not made special by the grant map
-		 * hypercall, do so here.
-		 *
-		 * This is racy since the mapping is already visible
-		 * to userspace but userspace should be well-behaved
-		 * enough to not touch it until the mmap() call
-		 * returns.
-		 */
-		if (!xen_feature(XENFEAT_gnttab_map_avail_bits)) {
-			apply_to_page_range(vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_start,
-					    vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start,
-					    set_grant_ptes_as_special, NULL);
-		}
-#endif
 	}
 
 	return 0;