diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
index 2d719e0d2e404..9ed616e7e1cfa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int uc_decode_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 
 	pfn = mce->addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	if (!memory_failure(pfn, 0)) {
-		set_mce_nospec(pfn, whole_page(mce));
+		set_mce_nospec(pfn);
 		mce->kflags |= MCE_HANDLED_UC;
 	}
 
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ static void kill_me_maybe(struct callback_head *cb)
 
 	ret = memory_failure(p->mce_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT, flags);
 	if (!ret) {
-		set_mce_nospec(p->mce_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT, p->mce_whole_page);
+		set_mce_nospec(p->mce_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 		sync_core();
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ static void kill_me_never(struct callback_head *cb)
 	p->mce_count = 0;
 	pr_err("Kernel accessed poison in user space at %llx\n", p->mce_addr);
 	if (!memory_failure(p->mce_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT, 0))
-		set_mce_nospec(p->mce_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT, p->mce_whole_page);
+		set_mce_nospec(p->mce_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 }
 
 static void queue_task_work(struct mce *m, char *msg, void (*func)(struct callback_head *))
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
index b143972885eb3..1f10181044889 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
@@ -1925,14 +1925,9 @@ int set_memory_wb(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_memory_wb);
 
-/*
- * Prevent speculative access to the page by either unmapping
- * it (if we do not require access to any part of the page) or
- * marking it uncacheable (if we want to try to retrieve data
- * from non-poisoned lines in the page).
- */
+/* Prevent speculative access to a page by marking it not-present */
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-int set_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn, bool unmap)
+int set_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn)
 {
 	unsigned long decoy_addr;
 	int rc;
@@ -1954,19 +1949,23 @@ int set_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn, bool unmap)
 	 */
 	decoy_addr = (pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) + (PAGE_OFFSET ^ BIT(63));
 
-	if (unmap)
-		rc = set_memory_np(decoy_addr, 1);
-	else
-		rc = set_memory_uc(decoy_addr, 1);
+	rc = set_memory_np(decoy_addr, 1);
 	if (rc)
 		pr_warn("Could not invalidate pfn=0x%lx from 1:1 map\n", pfn);
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static int set_memory_present(unsigned long *addr, int numpages)
+{
+	return change_page_attr_set(addr, numpages, __pgprot(_PAGE_PRESENT), 0);
+}
+
 /* Restore full speculative operation to the pfn. */
 int clear_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn)
 {
-	return set_memory_wb((unsigned long) pfn_to_kaddr(pfn), 1);
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) pfn_to_kaddr(pfn);
+
+	return set_memory_present(&addr, 1);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clear_mce_nospec);
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 58d95242a836b..4aa17132a5572 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -158,36 +158,20 @@ static blk_status_t pmem_do_write(struct pmem_device *pmem,
 			struct page *page, unsigned int page_off,
 			sector_t sector, unsigned int len)
 {
-	blk_status_t rc = BLK_STS_OK;
-	bool bad_pmem = false;
 	phys_addr_t pmem_off = sector * 512 + pmem->data_offset;
 	void *pmem_addr = pmem->virt_addr + pmem_off;
 
-	if (unlikely(is_bad_pmem(&pmem->bb, sector, len)))
-		bad_pmem = true;
+	if (unlikely(is_bad_pmem(&pmem->bb, sector, len))) {
+		blk_status_t rc = pmem_clear_poison(pmem, pmem_off, len);
+
+		if (rc != BLK_STS_OK)
+			return rc;
+	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Note that we write the data both before and after
-	 * clearing poison.  The write before clear poison
-	 * handles situations where the latest written data is
-	 * preserved and the clear poison operation simply marks
-	 * the address range as valid without changing the data.
-	 * In this case application software can assume that an
-	 * interrupted write will either return the new good
-	 * data or an error.
-	 *
-	 * However, if pmem_clear_poison() leaves the data in an
-	 * indeterminate state we need to perform the write
-	 * after clear poison.
-	 */
 	flush_dcache_page(page);
 	write_pmem(pmem_addr, page, page_off, len);
-	if (unlikely(bad_pmem)) {
-		rc = pmem_clear_poison(pmem, pmem_off, len);
-		write_pmem(pmem_addr, page, page_off, len);
-	}
 
-	return rc;
+	return BLK_STS_OK;
 }
 
 static void pmem_submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
diff --git a/include/linux/set_memory.h b/include/linux/set_memory.h
index 683a6c3f7179b..369769ce7399d 100644
--- a/include/linux/set_memory.h
+++ b/include/linux/set_memory.h
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ static inline bool can_set_direct_map(void)
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-int set_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn, bool unmap);
+int set_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn);
 int clear_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn);
 #else
-static inline int set_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn, bool unmap)
+static inline int set_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn)
 {
 	return 0;
 }