diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index 7b0bb475c166..9770381776a6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -432,7 +432,9 @@ static inline vm_fault_t do_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, int access)
 	flags = FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE;
 	if (user_mode(regs))
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
-	if (access == VM_WRITE || (trans_exc_code & store_indication) == 0x400)
+	if ((trans_exc_code & store_indication) == 0x400)
+		access = VM_WRITE;
+	if (access == VM_WRITE)
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);