diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index b4bbeed80fb6ed..832c9c8fb58f16 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ static inline void set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 }
 
 extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
+bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new);
 
 /*
  * PTE bits configuration in the presence of hardware Dirty Bit Management
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
  *   PTE_DIRTY || (PTE_WRITE && !PTE_RDONLY)
  */
 
-static inline void __check_racy_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep,
+static inline void __check_safe_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep,
 					   pte_t pte)
 {
 	pte_t old_pte;
@@ -318,6 +319,9 @@ static inline void __check_racy_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep,
 	VM_WARN_ONCE(pte_write(old_pte) && !pte_dirty(pte),
 		     "%s: racy dirty state clearing: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
 		     __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
+	VM_WARN_ONCE(!pgattr_change_is_safe(pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte)),
+		     "%s: unsafe attribute change: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
+		     __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
 }
 
 static inline void __set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
@@ -346,7 +350,7 @@ static inline void __set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 			mte_sync_tags(old_pte, pte);
 	}
 
-	__check_racy_pte_update(mm, ptep, pte);
+	__check_safe_pte_update(mm, ptep, pte);
 
 	set_pte(ptep, pte);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 14c87e8d69d839..34d5f7c4c64e2f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static phys_addr_t __init early_pgtable_alloc(int shift)
 	return phys;
 }
 
-static bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new)
+bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new)
 {
 	/*
 	 * The following mapping attributes may be updated in live
@@ -142,9 +142,13 @@ static bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new)
 	pteval_t mask = PTE_PXN | PTE_RDONLY | PTE_WRITE | PTE_NG;
 
 	/* creating or taking down mappings is always safe */
-	if (old == 0 || new == 0)
+	if (!pte_valid(__pte(old)) || !pte_valid(__pte(new)))
 		return true;
 
+	/* A live entry's pfn should not change */
+	if (pte_pfn(__pte(old)) != pte_pfn(__pte(new)))
+		return false;
+
 	/* live contiguous mappings may not be manipulated at all */
 	if ((old | new) & PTE_CONT)
 		return false;