diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
index 46a00aa858b6fe..de10800cd4dd48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
@@ -1073,11 +1073,15 @@ void untrack_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
 }
 
 /*
- * untrack_pfn_moved is called, while mremapping a pfnmap for a new region,
- * with the old vma after its pfnmap page table has been removed.  The new
- * vma has a new pfnmap to the same pfn & cache type with VM_PAT set.
+ * untrack_pfn_clear is called if the following situation fits:
+ *
+ * 1) while mremapping a pfnmap for a new region,  with the old vma after
+ * its pfnmap page table has been removed.  The new vma has a new pfnmap
+ * to the same pfn & cache type with VM_PAT set.
+ * 2) while duplicating vm area, the new vma fails to copy the pgtable from
+ * old vma.
  */
-void untrack_pfn_moved(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+void untrack_pfn_clear(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	vm_flags_clear(vma, VM_PAT);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index c63cd44777ec1a..9dc936bc77d106 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -1191,9 +1191,10 @@ static inline void untrack_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 
 /*
- * untrack_pfn_moved is called while mremapping a pfnmap for a new region.
+ * untrack_pfn_clear is called while mremapping a pfnmap for a new region
+ * or fails to copy pgtable during duplicate vm area.
  */
-static inline void untrack_pfn_moved(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline void untrack_pfn_clear(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 }
 #else
@@ -1205,7 +1206,7 @@ extern void track_pfn_insert(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pgprot_t *prot,
 extern int track_pfn_copy(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 extern void untrack_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
 			unsigned long size, bool mm_wr_locked);
-extern void untrack_pfn_moved(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+extern void untrack_pfn_clear(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index f456f3b5049cf1..bfa3100ec5a307 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1290,6 +1290,7 @@ copy_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma)
 			continue;
 		if (unlikely(copy_p4d_range(dst_vma, src_vma, dst_pgd, src_pgd,
 					    addr, next))) {
+			untrack_pfn_clear(dst_vma);
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 411a85682b5802..1ddf7beb62e9d4 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	/* Tell pfnmap has moved from this vma */
 	if (unlikely(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP))
-		untrack_pfn_moved(vma);
+		untrack_pfn_clear(vma);
 
 	if (unlikely(!err && (flags & MREMAP_DONTUNMAP))) {
 		/* We always clear VM_LOCKED[ONFAULT] on the old vma */