diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index a30818ed9c607..392386a693fed 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ static int __kprobes do_page_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
 
 	if (is_el0_instruction_abort(esr)) {
 		vm_flags = VM_EXEC;
+		mm_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION;
 	} else if ((esr & ESR_ELx_WNR) && !(esr & ESR_ELx_CM)) {
 		vm_flags = VM_WRITE;
 		mm_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;