if (!pte_val(old_pte)) {
                if (!primary)
                        return 0;
-               WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "CPA: called for zero pte. "
-                      "vaddr = %lx cpa->vaddr = %lx\n", address,
-                      *cpa->vaddr);
-               return -EINVAL;
+
+               /*
+                *  Special error value returned, indicating that the mapping
+                * did not exist at this address.
+                */
+               return -EFAULT;
        }
 
        if (level == PG_LEVEL_4K) {
 
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM */
 
+/*
+ * Change the memory type for the physial address range in kernel identity
+ * mapping space if that range is a part of identity map.
+ */
+static int kernel_map_sync_memtype(u64 base, unsigned long size,
+                                       unsigned long flags)
+{
+       unsigned long id_sz;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (!pat_enabled || base >= __pa(high_memory))
+               return 0;
+
+       id_sz = (__pa(high_memory) < base + size) ?
+                                               __pa(high_memory) - base :
+                                               size;
+
+       ret = ioremap_change_attr((unsigned long)__va(base), id_sz, flags);
+       /*
+        * -EFAULT return means that the addr was not valid and did not have
+        * any identity mapping. That case is a success for
+        * kernel_map_sync_memtype.
+        */
+       if (ret == -EFAULT)
+               ret = 0;
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
                                unsigned long size, pgprot_t *vma_prot)
 {
        if (retval < 0)
                return 0;
 
-       if (((pfn < max_low_pfn_mapped) ||
-            (pfn >= (1UL<<(32 - PAGE_SHIFT)) && pfn < max_pfn_mapped)) &&
-           ioremap_change_attr((unsigned long)__va(offset), size, flags) < 0) {
+       if (kernel_map_sync_memtype(offset, size, flags)) {
                free_memtype(offset, offset + size);
                printk(KERN_INFO
                "%s:%d /dev/mem ioremap_change_attr failed %s for %Lx-%Lx\n",
                                int strict_prot)
 {
        int is_ram = 0;
-       int id_sz, ret;
+       int ret;
        unsigned long flags;
        unsigned long want_flags = (pgprot_val(*vma_prot) & _PAGE_CACHE_MASK);
 
                                     flags);
        }
 
-       /* Need to keep identity mapping in sync */
-       if (paddr >= __pa(high_memory))
-               return 0;
-
-       id_sz = (__pa(high_memory) < paddr + size) ?
-                               __pa(high_memory) - paddr :
-                               size;
-
-       if (ioremap_change_attr((unsigned long)__va(paddr), id_sz, flags) < 0) {
+       if (kernel_map_sync_memtype(paddr, size, flags)) {
                free_memtype(paddr, paddr + size);
                printk(KERN_ERR
                        "%s:%d reserve_pfn_range ioremap_change_attr failed %s "