diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c b/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
index 5da744204d10..666f70d92619 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int __init sysenter_setup(void)
 	syscall_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO
-	__set_fixmap(FIX_VDSO, __pa(syscall_page), PAGE_READONLY);
+	__set_fixmap(FIX_VDSO, __pa(syscall_page), PAGE_READONLY_EXEC);
 	printk("Compat vDSO mapped to %08lx.\n", __fix_to_virt(FIX_VDSO));
 #endif