diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index 1d55318..8533b46 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  */
 uint16_t __cachemode2pte_tbl[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_NUM] = {
 	[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB      ]	= 0         | 0        ,
-	[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC      ]	= _PAGE_PWT | 0        ,
+	[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC      ]	= 0         | _PAGE_PCD,
 	[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS]	= 0         | _PAGE_PCD,
 	[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC      ]	= _PAGE_PWT | _PAGE_PCD,
 	[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT      ]	= 0         | _PAGE_PCD,
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cachemode2pte_tbl);
 
 uint8_t __pte2cachemode_tbl[8] = {
 	[__pte2cm_idx( 0        | 0         | 0        )] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB,
-	[__pte2cm_idx(_PAGE_PWT | 0         | 0        )] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC,
+	[__pte2cm_idx(_PAGE_PWT | 0         | 0        )] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS,
 	[__pte2cm_idx( 0        | _PAGE_PCD | 0        )] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS,
 	[__pte2cm_idx(_PAGE_PWT | _PAGE_PCD | 0        )] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC,
 	[__pte2cm_idx( 0        | 0         | _PAGE_PAT)] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB,
-	[__pte2cm_idx(_PAGE_PWT | 0         | _PAGE_PAT)] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC,
+	[__pte2cm_idx(_PAGE_PWT | 0         | _PAGE_PAT)] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS,
 	[__pte2cm_idx(0         | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PAT)] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS,
 	[__pte2cm_idx(_PAGE_PWT | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PAT)] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC,
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c
index 9ca35fc..2c51a2b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ void __iomem *
 iomap_atomic_prot_pfn(unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t prot)
 {
 	/*
-	 * For non-PAT systems, promote PAGE_KERNEL_WC to PAGE_KERNEL_UC_MINUS.
-	 * PAGE_KERNEL_WC maps to PWT, which translates to uncached if the
-	 * MTRR is UC or WC.  UC_MINUS gets the real intention, of the
-	 * user, which is "WC if the MTRR is WC, UC if you can't do that."
+	 * For non-PAT systems, translate non-WB request to UC- just in
+	 * case the caller set the PWT bit to prot directly without using
+	 * pgprot_writecombine(). UC- translates to uncached if the MTRR
+	 * is UC or WC. UC- gets the real intention, of the user, which is
+	 * "WC if the MTRR is WC, UC if you can't do that."
 	 */
-	if (!pat_enabled && pgprot_val(prot) ==
-	    (__PAGE_KERNEL | cachemode2protval(_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC)))
+	if (!pat_enabled && pgprot2cachemode(prot) != _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB)
 		prot = __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL |
 				cachemode2protval(_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS));
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c b/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
index ae8c284..a86a199 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
@@ -262,11 +262,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioremap_nocache);
  */
 void __iomem *ioremap_wc(resource_size_t phys_addr, unsigned long size)
 {
-	if (pat_enabled)
-		return __ioremap_caller(phys_addr, size, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC,
+	return __ioremap_caller(phys_addr, size, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC,
 					__builtin_return_address(0));
-	else
-		return ioremap_nocache(phys_addr, size);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioremap_wc);
 
@@ -282,11 +279,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioremap_wc);
  */
 void __iomem *ioremap_wt(resource_size_t phys_addr, unsigned long size)
 {
-	if (pat_enabled)
-		return __ioremap_caller(phys_addr, size, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT,
+	return __ioremap_caller(phys_addr, size, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT,
 					__builtin_return_address(0));
-	else
-		return ioremap_nocache(phys_addr, size);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioremap_wt);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index a4d39cc..e6918fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -1578,9 +1578,6 @@ int set_memory_wc(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!pat_enabled)
-		return set_memory_uc(addr, numpages);
-
 	ret = reserve_memtype(__pa(addr), __pa(addr) + numpages * PAGE_SIZE,
 		_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC, NULL);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1609,9 +1606,6 @@ int set_memory_wt(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!pat_enabled)
-		return set_memory_uc(addr, numpages);
-
 	ret = reserve_memtype(__pa(addr), __pa(addr) + numpages * PAGE_SIZE,
 			      _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT, NULL);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index ed191e0..7694073 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -182,7 +182,11 @@ void pat_init_cache_modes(void)
 	char pat_msg[33];
 	u64 pat;
 
-	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, pat);
+	if (pat_enabled)
+		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, pat);
+	else
+		pat = boot_pat_state;
+
 	pat_msg[32] = 0;
 	for (i = 7; i >= 0; i--) {
 		cache = pat_get_cache_mode((pat >> (i * 8)) & 7,
@@ -200,28 +204,58 @@ void pat_init(void)
 	bool boot_cpu = !boot_pat_state;
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &boot_cpu_data;
 
-	if (!pat_enabled)
-		return;
-
 	if (!cpu_has_pat) {
 		if (!boot_pat_state) {
 			pat_disable("PAT not supported by CPU.");
-			return;
-		} else {
+		} else if (pat_enabled) {
 			/*
 			 * If this happens we are on a secondary CPU, but
 			 * switched to PAT on the boot CPU. We have no way to
 			 * undo PAT.
 			 */
-			printk(KERN_ERR "PAT enabled, "
+			pr_err("PAT enabled, "
 			       "but not supported by secondary CPU\n");
 			BUG();
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ((c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) &&
-	    (((c->x86 == 0x6) && (c->x86_model <= 0xd)) ||
-	     ((c->x86 == 0xf) && (c->x86_model <= 0x6)))) {
+	/* Boot CPU check */
+	if (pat_enabled && !boot_pat_state) {
+		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, boot_pat_state);
+		if (!boot_pat_state)
+			pat_disable("PAT read returns always zero, disabled.");
+
+	}
+
+	if (!pat_enabled) {
+		/*
+		 * No PAT. Emulate the PAT table that corresponds to the two
+		 * cache bits, PWT (Write Through) and PCD (Cache Disable).
+		 * This setup is the same as the BIOS default setup when the
+		 * system has PAT but the "nopat" boot option is specified.
+		 * This emulated PAT table is also used when MSR_IA32_CR_PAT
+		 * returns 0.
+		 *
+		 *  PTE encoding used in Linux:
+		 *       PCD
+		 *       |PWT  PAT
+		 *       ||    slot
+		 *       00    0    WB : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB
+		 *       01    1    WT : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT
+		 *       10    2    UC-: _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS
+		 *       11    3    UC : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC
+		 *
+		 * NOTE: When WC or WP is used, it is redirected to UC- per
+		 * the default setup in __cachemode2pte_tbl[].
+		 */
+		pat = PAT(0, WB) | PAT(1, WT) | PAT(2, UC_MINUS) | PAT(3, UC) |
+		      PAT(4, WB) | PAT(5, WT) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, UC);
+		if (!boot_pat_state)
+			boot_pat_state = pat;
+
+	} else if ((c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) &&
+		   (((c->x86 == 0x6) && (c->x86_model <= 0xd)) ||
+		    ((c->x86 == 0xf) && (c->x86_model <= 0x6)))) {
 		/*
 		 * PAT support with the lower four entries. Intel Pentium 2,
 		 * 3, M, and 4 are affected by PAT errata, which makes the
@@ -275,16 +309,8 @@ void pat_init(void)
 		      PAT(4, WB) | PAT(5, WC) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, WT);
 	}
 
-	/* Boot CPU check */
-	if (!boot_pat_state) {
-		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, boot_pat_state);
-		if (!boot_pat_state) {
-			pat_disable("PAT read returns always zero, disabled.");
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-
-	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, pat);
+	if (pat_enabled)
+		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, pat);
 
 	if (boot_cpu)
 		pat_init_cache_modes();
@@ -453,13 +479,8 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, enum page_cache_mode req_type,
 	BUG_ON(start >= end); /* end is exclusive */
 
 	if (!pat_enabled) {
-		/* WB and UC- are the only types supported without PAT */
-		if (new_type) {
-			if (req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB)
-				*new_type = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB;
-			else
-				*new_type = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS;
-		}
+		if (new_type)
+			*new_type = req_type;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -958,21 +979,15 @@ void untrack_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long pfn,
 
 pgprot_t pgprot_writecombine(pgprot_t prot)
 {
-	if (pat_enabled)
-		return __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) |
+	return __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) |
 				cachemode2protval(_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC));
-	else
-		return pgprot_noncached(prot);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pgprot_writecombine);
 
 pgprot_t pgprot_writethrough(pgprot_t prot)
 {
-	if (pat_enabled)
-		return __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) |
+	return __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) |
 				cachemode2protval(_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT));
-	else
-		return pgprot_noncached(prot);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pgprot_writethrough);
 
