diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 84a019f5502293dbe0c28cc078465e4ddd6c2096..8c704f1e53c22352ffbdaf0bc56b91887d8d6347 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new)
 	 * The following mapping attributes may be updated in live
 	 * kernel mappings without the need for break-before-make.
 	 */
-	static const pteval_t mask = PTE_PXN | PTE_RDONLY | PTE_WRITE;
+	static const pteval_t mask = PTE_PXN | PTE_RDONLY | PTE_WRITE | PTE_NG;
 
 	/* creating or taking down mappings is always safe */
 	if (old == 0 || new == 0)
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ static bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new)
 	if ((old | new) & PTE_CONT)
 		return false;
 
-	/* Transitioning from Global to Non-Global is safe */
-	if (((old ^ new) == PTE_NG) && (new & PTE_NG))
-		return true;
+	/* Transitioning from Non-Global to Global is unsafe */
+	if (old & ~new & PTE_NG)
+		return false;
 
 	return ((old ^ new) & ~mask) == 0;
 }