diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/io.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/io.h
index 49a7002661a9..9aa0bb08ab60 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/io.h
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ static inline void __iomem *ioremap_prot(phys_addr_t phys, size_t size,
 	pgprot_t prot;
 	ptval_t user_prot_val = pgprot_val(user_prot);
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(user_prot_val & PTE_USER)))
+	/* Reject PROT_NONE and exec-only */
+	if (!(user_prot_val & PTE_USER))
 		return NULL;
 
 	prot = __pgprot_modify(PAGE_KERNEL, PTE_ATTRINDX_MASK,