diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index c2013f6..b99e8281 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@
  * in case the application has unmapped and remapped mm,addr meanwhile.
  * Could a ksm page appear anywhere else?  Actually yes, in a VM_PFNMAP
  * mmap of /dev/mem or /dev/kmem, where we would not want to touch it.
+ *
+ * FAULT_FLAG/FOLL_REMOTE are because we do this outside the context
+ * of the process that owns 'vma'.  We also do not want to enforce
+ * protection keys here anyway.
  */
 static int break_ksm(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 {
@@ -367,12 +371,14 @@
 
 	do {
 		cond_resched();
-		page = follow_page(vma, addr, FOLL_GET | FOLL_MIGRATION);
+		page = follow_page(vma, addr,
+				FOLL_GET | FOLL_MIGRATION | FOLL_REMOTE);
 		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page))
 			break;
 		if (PageKsm(page))
 			ret = handle_mm_fault(vma->vm_mm, vma, addr,
-							FAULT_FLAG_WRITE);
+							FAULT_FLAG_WRITE |
+							FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE);
 		else
 			ret = VM_FAULT_WRITE;
 		put_page(page);