diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 1a2c84c..15d37c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -70,18 +70,22 @@ static u64 __read_mostly boot_pat_state;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAT
 /*
- * X86 PAT uses page flags WC and Uncached together to keep track of
- * memory type of pages that have backing page struct. X86 PAT supports 3
- * different memory types, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC and
- * _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS and fourth state where page's memory type has not
- * been changed from its default (value of -1 used to denote this).
- * Note we do not support _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC here.
+ * X86 PAT uses page flags arch_1 and uncached together to keep track of
+ * memory type of pages that have backing page struct.
+ *
+ * X86 PAT supports 4 different memory types:
+ *  - _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB
+ *  - _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC
+ *  - _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS
+ *  - _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT
+ *
+ * _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB is the default type.
  */
 
-#define _PGMT_DEFAULT		0
+#define _PGMT_WB		0
 #define _PGMT_WC		(1UL << PG_arch_1)
 #define _PGMT_UC_MINUS		(1UL << PG_uncached)
-#define _PGMT_WB		(1UL << PG_uncached | 1UL << PG_arch_1)
+#define _PGMT_WT		(1UL << PG_uncached | 1UL << PG_arch_1)
 #define _PGMT_MASK		(1UL << PG_uncached | 1UL << PG_arch_1)
 #define _PGMT_CLEAR_MASK	(~_PGMT_MASK)
 
@@ -89,14 +93,14 @@ static inline enum page_cache_mode get_page_memtype(struct page *pg)
 {
 	unsigned long pg_flags = pg->flags & _PGMT_MASK;
 
-	if (pg_flags == _PGMT_DEFAULT)
-		return -1;
+	if (pg_flags == _PGMT_WB)
+		return _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB;
 	else if (pg_flags == _PGMT_WC)
 		return _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC;
 	else if (pg_flags == _PGMT_UC_MINUS)
 		return _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS;
 	else
-		return _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB;
+		return _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT;
 }
 
 static inline void set_page_memtype(struct page *pg,
@@ -113,11 +117,12 @@ static inline void set_page_memtype(struct page *pg,
 	case _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS:
 		memtype_flags = _PGMT_UC_MINUS;
 		break;
-	case _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB:
-		memtype_flags = _PGMT_WB;
+	case _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT:
+		memtype_flags = _PGMT_WT;
 		break;
+	case _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB:
 	default:
-		memtype_flags = _PGMT_DEFAULT;
+		memtype_flags = _PGMT_WB;
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -389,8 +394,11 @@ static int pat_pagerange_is_ram(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end)
 
 /*
  * For RAM pages, we use page flags to mark the pages with appropriate type.
- * The page flags are limited to three types, WB, WC and UC-.
- * WT and WP requests fail with -EINVAL, and UC gets redirected to UC-.
+ * The page flags are limited to four types, WB (default), WC, WT and UC-.
+ * WP request fails with -EINVAL, and UC gets redirected to UC-.  Setting
+ * a new memory type is only allowed to a page mapped with the default WB
+ * type.
+ *
  * Here we do two pass:
  * - Find the memtype of all the pages in the range, look for any conflicts
  * - In case of no conflicts, set the new memtype for pages in the range
@@ -402,8 +410,7 @@ static int reserve_ram_pages_type(u64 start, u64 end,
 	struct page *page;
 	u64 pfn;
 
-	if ((req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT) ||
-	    (req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP)) {
+	if (req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP) {
 		if (new_type)
 			*new_type = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS;
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -420,7 +427,7 @@ static int reserve_ram_pages_type(u64 start, u64 end,
 
 		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 		type = get_page_memtype(page);
-		if (type != -1) {
+		if (type != _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB) {
 			pr_info("x86/PAT: reserve_ram_pages_type failed [mem %#010Lx-%#010Lx], track 0x%x, req 0x%x\n",
 				start, end - 1, type, req_type);
 			if (new_type)
@@ -447,7 +454,7 @@ static int free_ram_pages_type(u64 start, u64 end)
 
 	for (pfn = (start >> PAGE_SHIFT); pfn < (end >> PAGE_SHIFT); ++pfn) {
 		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
-		set_page_memtype(page, -1);
+		set_page_memtype(page, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -588,7 +595,7 @@ int free_memtype(u64 start, u64 end)
  * Only to be called when PAT is enabled
  *
  * Returns _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS
- * or _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC
+ * or _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT.
  */
 static enum page_cache_mode lookup_memtype(u64 paddr)
 {
@@ -600,16 +607,9 @@ static enum page_cache_mode lookup_memtype(u64 paddr)
 
 	if (pat_pagerange_is_ram(paddr, paddr + PAGE_SIZE)) {
 		struct page *page;
-		page = pfn_to_page(paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-		rettype = get_page_memtype(page);
-		/*
-		 * -1 from get_page_memtype() implies RAM page is in its
-		 * default state and not reserved, and hence of type WB
-		 */
-		if (rettype == -1)
-			rettype = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB;
 
-		return rettype;
+		page = pfn_to_page(paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+		return get_page_memtype(page);
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&memtype_lock);
