diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 63edff994c32..ba38b78a1b84 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -3525,15 +3525,24 @@ static inline int vm_fault_to_errno(vm_fault_t vm_fault, int foll_flags)
  * Indicates whether GUP can follow a PROT_NONE mapped page, or whether
  * a (NUMA hinting) fault is required.
  */
-static inline bool gup_can_follow_protnone(unsigned int flags)
+static inline bool gup_can_follow_protnone(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					   unsigned int flags)
 {
 	/*
-	 * FOLL_FORCE has to be able to make progress even if the VMA is
-	 * inaccessible. Further, FOLL_FORCE access usually does not represent
-	 * application behaviour and we should avoid triggering NUMA hinting
-	 * faults.
+	 * If callers don't want to honor NUMA hinting faults, no need to
+	 * determine if we would actually have to trigger a NUMA hinting fault.
 	 */
-	return flags & FOLL_FORCE;
+	if (!(flags & FOLL_HONOR_NUMA_FAULT))
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * NUMA hinting faults don't apply in inaccessible (PROT_NONE) VMAs.
+	 *
+	 * Requiring a fault here even for inaccessible VMAs would mean that
+	 * FOLL_FORCE cannot make any progress, because handle_mm_fault()
+	 * refuses to process NUMA hinting faults in inaccessible VMAs.
+	 */
+	return !vma_is_accessible(vma);
 }
 
 typedef int (*pte_fn_t)(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index aae6af098031..291c05cacd48 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -1278,6 +1278,15 @@ enum {
 	FOLL_PCI_P2PDMA = 1 << 10,
 	/* allow interrupts from generic signals */
 	FOLL_INTERRUPTIBLE = 1 << 11,
+	/*
+	 * Always honor (trigger) NUMA hinting faults.
+	 *
+	 * FOLL_WRITE implicitly honors NUMA hinting faults because a
+	 * PROT_NONE-mapped page is not writable (exceptions with FOLL_FORCE
+	 * apply). get_user_pages_fast_only() always implicitly honors NUMA
+	 * hinting faults.
+	 */
+	FOLL_HONOR_NUMA_FAULT = 1 << 12,
 
 	/* See also internal only FOLL flags in mm/internal.h */
 };
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 2493ffa10f4b..3bbfae411880 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static struct page *follow_page_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	pte = ptep_get(ptep);
 	if (!pte_present(pte))
 		goto no_page;
-	if (pte_protnone(pte) && !gup_can_follow_protnone(flags))
+	if (pte_protnone(pte) && !gup_can_follow_protnone(vma, flags))
 		goto no_page;
 
 	page = vm_normal_page(vma, address, pte);
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ static struct page *follow_pmd_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (likely(!pmd_trans_huge(pmdval)))
 		return follow_page_pte(vma, address, pmd, flags, &ctx->pgmap);
 
-	if (pmd_protnone(pmdval) && !gup_can_follow_protnone(flags))
+	if (pmd_protnone(pmdval) && !gup_can_follow_protnone(vma, flags))
 		return no_page_table(vma, flags);
 
 	ptl = pmd_lock(mm, pmd);
@@ -844,6 +844,10 @@ struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(foll_flags & FOLL_PIN))
 		return NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * We never set FOLL_HONOR_NUMA_FAULT because callers don't expect
+	 * to fail on PROT_NONE-mapped pages.
+	 */
 	page = follow_page_mask(vma, address, foll_flags, &ctx);
 	if (ctx.pgmap)
 		put_dev_pagemap(ctx.pgmap);
@@ -2240,6 +2244,13 @@ static bool is_valid_gup_args(struct page **pages, int *locked,
 		gup_flags |= FOLL_UNLOCKABLE;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * For now, always trigger NUMA hinting faults. Some GUP users like
+	 * KVM require the hint to be as the calling context of GUP is
+	 * functionally similar to a memory reference from task context.
+	 */
+	gup_flags |= FOLL_HONOR_NUMA_FAULT;
+
 	/* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE((gup_flags & (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_GET)) ==
 			 (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_GET)))
@@ -2564,7 +2575,14 @@ static int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
 		struct page *page;
 		struct folio *folio;
 
-		if (pte_protnone(pte) && !gup_can_follow_protnone(flags))
+		/*
+		 * Always fallback to ordinary GUP on PROT_NONE-mapped pages:
+		 * pte_access_permitted() better should reject these pages
+		 * either way: otherwise, GUP-fast might succeed in
+		 * cases where ordinary GUP would fail due to VMA access
+		 * permissions.
+		 */
+		if (pte_protnone(pte))
 			goto pte_unmap;
 
 		if (!pte_access_permitted(pte, flags & FOLL_WRITE))
@@ -2983,8 +3001,8 @@ static int gup_pmd_range(pud_t *pudp, pud_t pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned lo
 
 		if (unlikely(pmd_trans_huge(pmd) || pmd_huge(pmd) ||
 			     pmd_devmap(pmd))) {
-			if (pmd_protnone(pmd) &&
-			    !gup_can_follow_protnone(flags))
+			/* See gup_pte_range() */
+			if (pmd_protnone(pmd))
 				return 0;
 
 			if (!gup_huge_pmd(pmd, pmdp, addr, next, flags,
@@ -3164,7 +3182,7 @@ static int internal_get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & ~(FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_LONGTERM |
 				       FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_PIN | FOLL_GET |
 				       FOLL_FAST_ONLY | FOLL_NOFAULT |
-				       FOLL_PCI_P2PDMA)))
+				       FOLL_PCI_P2PDMA | FOLL_HONOR_NUMA_FAULT)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (gup_flags & FOLL_PIN)
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 2e2e8a24cc71..0b709d2c46c6 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1467,8 +1467,7 @@ struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if ((flags & FOLL_DUMP) && is_huge_zero_pmd(*pmd))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 
-	/* Full NUMA hinting faults to serialise migration in fault paths */
-	if (pmd_protnone(*pmd) && !gup_can_follow_protnone(flags))
+	if (pmd_protnone(*pmd) && !gup_can_follow_protnone(vma, flags))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!pmd_write(*pmd) && gup_must_unshare(vma, flags, page))
