diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index 8c7fbd19a4b381141efce57ea57e56f3ad279d41..1708da82da96c127267b8edc59f916a0bec6a286 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -453,8 +453,7 @@ static void __init build_mem_type_table(void)
 
 	pgprot_user   = __pgprot(L_PTE_PRESENT | L_PTE_YOUNG | user_pgprot);
 	pgprot_kernel = __pgprot(L_PTE_PRESENT | L_PTE_YOUNG |
-				 L_PTE_DIRTY | L_PTE_WRITE |
-				 L_PTE_EXEC | kern_pgprot);
+				 L_PTE_DIRTY | L_PTE_WRITE | kern_pgprot);
 
 	mem_types[MT_LOW_VECTORS].prot_l1 |= ecc_mask;
 	mem_types[MT_HIGH_VECTORS].prot_l1 |= ecc_mask;