diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
index 25c3cb8272c0..8e9aca96143b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@
 #define _PAGE_RW		(_PAGE_READ | _PAGE_WRITE)
 #define _PAGE_RWX		(_PAGE_READ | _PAGE_WRITE | _PAGE_EXEC)
 #define _PAGE_PRIVILEGED	0x00008 /* kernel access only */
-#define _PAGE_SAO		0x00010 /* Strong access order */
+
+#define _PAGE_CACHE_CTL		0x00030 /* Bits for the folowing cache modes */
+			/*	No bits set is normal cacheable memory */
+			/*	0x00010 unused, is SAO bit on radix POWER9 */
 #define _PAGE_NON_IDEMPOTENT	0x00020 /* non idempotent memory */
 #define _PAGE_TOLERANT		0x00030 /* tolerant memory, cache inhibited */
+
 #define _PAGE_DIRTY		0x00080 /* C: page changed */
 #define _PAGE_ACCESSED		0x00100 /* R: page referenced */
 /*
@@ -825,8 +829,6 @@ static inline void __set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	return hash__set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pte, percpu);
 }
 
-#define _PAGE_CACHE_CTL	(_PAGE_SAO | _PAGE_NON_IDEMPOTENT | _PAGE_TOLERANT)
-
 #define pgprot_noncached pgprot_noncached
 static inline pgprot_t pgprot_noncached(pgprot_t prot)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
index bac2252c839e..87284750535d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static inline void cpu_feature_keys_init(void) { }
 #define CPU_FTR_SPURR			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000000001000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_DSCR			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000000002000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_VSX			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000000004000000)
-#define CPU_FTR_SAO			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000000008000000)
+// Free					LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000000008000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_CP_USE_DCBTZ		LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000000010000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_UNALIGNED_LD_STD	LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000000020000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_ASYM_SMT		LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000000040000000)
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static inline void cpu_feature_keys_init(void) { }
 	    CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_SMT | \
 	    CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_PURR | CPU_FTR_SPURR | CPU_FTR_REAL_LE | \
-	    CPU_FTR_DSCR | CPU_FTR_SAO  | CPU_FTR_ASYM_SMT | \
+	    CPU_FTR_DSCR | CPU_FTR_ASYM_SMT | \
 	    CPU_FTR_STCX_CHECKS_ADDRESS | CPU_FTR_POPCNTB | CPU_FTR_POPCNTD | \
 	    CPU_FTR_CFAR | CPU_FTR_HVMODE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY | CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR | CPU_FTR_DABRX | CPU_FTR_PKEY)
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ static inline void cpu_feature_keys_init(void) { }
 	    CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_SMT | \
 	    CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_PURR | CPU_FTR_SPURR | CPU_FTR_REAL_LE | \
-	    CPU_FTR_DSCR | CPU_FTR_SAO  | \
+	    CPU_FTR_DSCR | \
 	    CPU_FTR_STCX_CHECKS_ADDRESS | CPU_FTR_POPCNTB | CPU_FTR_POPCNTD | \
 	    CPU_FTR_CFAR | CPU_FTR_HVMODE | CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY | \
 	    CPU_FTR_DBELL | CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR | CPU_FTR_DAWR | \
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static inline void cpu_feature_keys_init(void) { }
 	    CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_SMT | \
 	    CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_PURR | CPU_FTR_SPURR | CPU_FTR_REAL_LE | \
-	    CPU_FTR_DSCR | CPU_FTR_SAO  | \
+	    CPU_FTR_DSCR | \
 	    CPU_FTR_STCX_CHECKS_ADDRESS | CPU_FTR_POPCNTB | CPU_FTR_POPCNTD | \
 	    CPU_FTR_CFAR | CPU_FTR_HVMODE | CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY | \
 	    CPU_FTR_DBELL | CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR | CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S | \
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static inline void cpu_feature_keys_init(void) { }
 	    CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_SMT | \
 	    CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_PURR | CPU_FTR_SPURR | CPU_FTR_REAL_LE | \
-	    CPU_FTR_DSCR | CPU_FTR_SAO  | \
+	    CPU_FTR_DSCR | \
 	    CPU_FTR_STCX_CHECKS_ADDRESS | CPU_FTR_POPCNTB | CPU_FTR_POPCNTD | \
 	    CPU_FTR_CFAR | CPU_FTR_HVMODE | CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY | \
 	    CPU_FTR_DBELL | CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR | CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S | \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_64.h
index 9bb9bb370b53..fac39ff659d4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s_64.h
@@ -398,9 +398,10 @@ static inline bool hpte_cache_flags_ok(unsigned long hptel, bool is_ci)
 {
 	unsigned int wimg = hptel & HPTE_R_WIMG;
 
-	/* Handle SAO */
+	/* Handle SAO for POWER7,8,9 */
 	if (wimg == (HPTE_R_W | HPTE_R_I | HPTE_R_M) &&
-	    cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_206))
+	    cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_206) &&
+	    !cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_31))
 		wimg = HPTE_R_M;
 
 	if (!is_ci)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h
index 4ba303ea27f5..7c07728af300 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h
@@ -13,38 +13,20 @@
 #include <linux/pkeys.h>
 #include <asm/cpu_has_feature.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_MEM_KEYS
 static inline unsigned long arch_calc_vm_prot_bits(unsigned long prot,
 		unsigned long pkey)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_MEM_KEYS
-	return (((prot & PROT_SAO) ? VM_SAO : 0) | pkey_to_vmflag_bits(pkey));
-#else
-	return ((prot & PROT_SAO) ? VM_SAO : 0);
-#endif
+	return pkey_to_vmflag_bits(pkey);
 }
 #define arch_calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, pkey) arch_calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, pkey)
 
 static inline pgprot_t arch_vm_get_page_prot(unsigned long vm_flags)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_MEM_KEYS
-	return (vm_flags & VM_SAO) ?
-		__pgprot(_PAGE_SAO | vmflag_to_pte_pkey_bits(vm_flags)) :
-		__pgprot(0 | vmflag_to_pte_pkey_bits(vm_flags));
-#else
-	return (vm_flags & VM_SAO) ? __pgprot(_PAGE_SAO) : __pgprot(0);
-#endif
+	return __pgprot(vmflag_to_pte_pkey_bits(vm_flags));
 }
 #define arch_vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags) arch_vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags)
-
-static inline bool arch_validate_prot(unsigned long prot, unsigned long addr)
-{
-	if (prot & ~(PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC | PROT_SEM | PROT_SAO))
-		return false;
-	if ((prot & PROT_SAO) && !cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SAO))
-		return false;
-	return true;
-}
-#define arch_validate_prot arch_validate_prot
+#endif
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 #endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_MMAN_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable.h
index 6cb8aa357191..59ee9fa4ae09 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/64/pgtable.h
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
  */
 #include <asm/nohash/pte-book3e.h>
 
-#define _PAGE_SAO	0
-
 #define PTE_RPN_MASK	(~((1UL << PTE_RPN_SHIFT) - 1))
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
index c0c737215b00..3a700351feca 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <asm-generic/mman-common.h>
 
 
-#define PROT_SAO	0x10		/* Strong Access Ordering */
+#define PROT_SAO	0x10		/* Unsupported since v5.9 */
 
 #define MAP_RENAME      MAP_ANONYMOUS   /* In SunOS terminology */
 #define MAP_NORESERVE   0x40            /* don't reserve swap pages */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/dt_cpu_ftrs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/dt_cpu_ftrs.c
index 3a409517c031..41412c198e70 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/dt_cpu_ftrs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/dt_cpu_ftrs.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static struct dt_cpu_feature_match __initdata
 	{"processor-control-facility-v3", feat_enable_dbell, CPU_FTR_DBELL},
 	{"processor-utilization-of-resources-register", feat_enable_purr, 0},
 	{"no-execute", feat_enable, 0},
-	{"strong-access-ordering", feat_enable, CPU_FTR_SAO},
+	/* strong-access-ordering is unused */
 	{"cache-inhibited-large-page", feat_enable_large_ci, 0},
 	{"coprocessor-icswx", feat_enable, 0},
 	{"hypervisor-virtualization-interrupt", feat_enable_hvi, 0},
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_utils.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_utils.c
index 468169e33c86..e35d8dae4f84 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_utils.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_utils.c
@@ -232,8 +232,6 @@ unsigned long htab_convert_pte_flags(unsigned long pteflags)
 		rflags |= HPTE_R_I;
 	else if ((pteflags & _PAGE_CACHE_CTL) == _PAGE_NON_IDEMPOTENT)
 		rflags |= (HPTE_R_I | HPTE_R_G);
-	else if ((pteflags & _PAGE_CACHE_CTL) == _PAGE_SAO)
-		rflags |= (HPTE_R_W | HPTE_R_I | HPTE_R_M);
 	else
 		/*
 		 * Add memory coherence if cache inhibited is not set
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index dc7b87310c10..6c8333d6c991 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -317,8 +317,6 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86)
 # define VM_PAT		VM_ARCH_1	/* PAT reserves whole VMA at once (x86) */
-#elif defined(CONFIG_PPC)
-# define VM_SAO		VM_ARCH_1	/* Strong Access Ordering (powerpc) */
 #elif defined(CONFIG_PARISC)
 # define VM_GROWSUP	VM_ARCH_1
 #elif defined(CONFIG_IA64)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index 5fb752034386..939092dbcb8b 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ IF_HAVE_PG_IDLE(PG_idle,		"idle"		)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86)
 #define __VM_ARCH_SPECIFIC_1 {VM_PAT,     "pat"           }
-#elif defined(CONFIG_PPC)
-#define __VM_ARCH_SPECIFIC_1 {VM_SAO,     "sao"           }
 #elif defined(CONFIG_PARISC) || defined(CONFIG_IA64)
 #define __VM_ARCH_SPECIFIC_1 {VM_GROWSUP,	"growsup"	}
 #elif !defined(CONFIG_MMU)
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 4102034cd55a..d1cfa18689b5 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -2452,10 +2452,6 @@ int ksm_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 		if (vma_is_dax(vma))
 			return 0;
 
-#ifdef VM_SAO
-		if (*vm_flags & VM_SAO)
-			return 0;
-#endif
 #ifdef VM_SPARC_ADI
 		if (*vm_flags & VM_SPARC_ADI)
 			return 0;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/.gitignore
index 2ca523255b1b..ff296c94f627 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 hugetlb_vs_thp_test
 subpage_prot
 tempfile
-prot_sao
 segv_errors
 wild_bctr
 large_vm_fork_separation
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
index b9103c4bb414..9b8a7b3069c5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 noarg:
 	$(MAKE) -C ../
 
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := hugetlb_vs_thp_test subpage_prot prot_sao segv_errors wild_bctr \
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := hugetlb_vs_thp_test subpage_prot segv_errors wild_bctr \
 		  large_vm_fork_separation bad_accesses
 TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED := tlbie_test
 TEST_GEN_FILES := tempfile
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ include ../../lib.mk
 
 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS): ../harness.c
 
-$(OUTPUT)/prot_sao: ../utils.c
-
 $(OUTPUT)/wild_bctr: CFLAGS += -m64
 $(OUTPUT)/large_vm_fork_separation: CFLAGS += -m64
 $(OUTPUT)/bad_accesses: CFLAGS += -m64
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/prot_sao.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/prot_sao.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e2eed65b7735..000000000000
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/prot_sao.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/*
- * Copyright 2016, Michael Ellerman, IBM Corp.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-
-#include <asm/cputable.h>
-
-#include "utils.h"
-
-#define SIZE (64 * 1024)
-
-int test_prot_sao(void)
-{
-	char *p;
-
-	/* 2.06 or later should support SAO */
-	SKIP_IF(!have_hwcap(PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_06));
-
-	/*
-	 * Ensure we can ask for PROT_SAO.
-	 * We can't really verify that it does the right thing, but at least we
-	 * confirm the kernel will accept it.
-	 */
-	p = mmap(NULL, SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_SAO,
-		 MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
-	FAIL_IF(p == MAP_FAILED);
-
-	/* Write to the mapping, to at least cause a fault */
-	memset(p, 0xaa, SIZE);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int main(void)
-{
-	return test_harness(test_prot_sao, "prot-sao");
-}
