diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault-armv.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault-armv.c
index fbfa260..a8ec97b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/fault-armv.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault-armv.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	pte_t *pte, entry;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	pgd = pgd_offset(vma->vm_mm, address);
 	if (pgd_none(*pgd))
@@ -55,15 +55,19 @@
 	entry = *pte;
 
 	/*
+	 * If this page is present, it's actually being shared.
+	 */
+	ret = pte_present(entry);
+
+	/*
 	 * If this page isn't present, or is already setup to
 	 * fault (ie, is old), we can safely ignore any issues.
 	 */
-	if (pte_present(entry) && pte_val(entry) & shared_pte_mask) {
+	if (ret && pte_val(entry) & shared_pte_mask) {
 		flush_cache_page(vma, address, pte_pfn(entry));
 		pte_val(entry) &= ~shared_pte_mask;
 		set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, address, pte, entry);
 		flush_tlb_page(vma, address);
-		ret = 1;
 	}
 	pte_unmap(pte);
 	return ret;