diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
index ec8a1fc9505d..3c32db8c539d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
@@ -64,6 +64,26 @@
 #define _PAGE_FILE	(_AT(pteval_t, 1) << _PAGE_BIT_FILE)
 #define _PAGE_PROTNONE	(_AT(pteval_t, 1) << _PAGE_BIT_PROTNONE)
 
+/*
+ * _PAGE_NUMA indicates that this page will trigger a numa hinting
+ * minor page fault to gather numa placement statistics (see
+ * pte_numa()). The bit picked (8) is within the range between
+ * _PAGE_FILE (6) and _PAGE_PROTNONE (8) bits. Therefore, it doesn't
+ * require changes to the swp entry format because that bit is always
+ * zero when the pte is not present.
+ *
+ * The bit picked must be always zero when the pmd is present and not
+ * present, so that we don't lose information when we set it while
+ * atomically clearing the present bit.
+ *
+ * Because we shared the same bit (8) with _PAGE_PROTNONE this can be
+ * interpreted as _PAGE_NUMA only in places that _PAGE_PROTNONE
+ * couldn't reach, like handle_mm_fault() (see access_error in
+ * arch/x86/mm/fault.c, the vma protection must not be PROT_NONE for
+ * handle_mm_fault() to be invoked).
+ */
+#define _PAGE_NUMA	_PAGE_PROTNONE
+
 #define _PAGE_TABLE	(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_USER |	\
 			 _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY)
 #define _KERNPG_TABLE	(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_ACCESSED |	\