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diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 7233bd7e357..9c4294986af 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -482,6 +482,13 @@ static int split_large_page(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address)
pbase = (pte_t *)page_address(base);
paravirt_alloc_pte(&init_mm, page_to_pfn(base));
ref_prot = pte_pgprot(pte_clrhuge(*kpte));
+ /*
+ * If we ever want to utilize the PAT bit, we need to
+ * update this function to make sure it's converted from
+ * bit 12 to bit 7 when we cross from the 2MB level to
+ * the 4K level:
+ */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(pgprot_val(ref_prot) & _PAGE_PAT_LARGE);
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
if (level == PG_LEVEL_1G) {