diff --git a/target/arm/ptw.c b/target/arm/ptw.c
index 6a73f16e09..9e1f60d10b 100644
--- a/target/arm/ptw.c
+++ b/target/arm/ptw.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ static bool m_is_system_region(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t address)
 }
 
 static bool pmsav7_use_background_region(ARMCPU *cpu, ARMMMUIdx mmu_idx,
-                                         bool is_user)
+                                         bool is_secure, bool is_user)
 {
     /*
      * Return true if we should use the default memory map as a
@@ -1502,8 +1502,7 @@ static bool pmsav7_use_background_region(ARMCPU *cpu, ARMMMUIdx mmu_idx,
     }
 
     if (arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_M)) {
-        return env->v7m.mpu_ctrl[regime_is_secure(env, mmu_idx)]
-            & R_V7M_MPU_CTRL_PRIVDEFENA_MASK;
+        return env->v7m.mpu_ctrl[is_secure] & R_V7M_MPU_CTRL_PRIVDEFENA_MASK;
     } else {
         return regime_sctlr(env, mmu_idx) & SCTLR_BR;
     }
@@ -1516,6 +1515,7 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_pmsav7(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t address,
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = env_archcpu(env);
     int n;
+    bool secure = regime_is_secure(env, mmu_idx);
     bool is_user = regime_is_user(env, mmu_idx);
 
     result->phys = address;
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_pmsav7(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t address,
         }
 
         if (n == -1) { /* no hits */
-            if (!pmsav7_use_background_region(cpu, mmu_idx, is_user)) {
+            if (!pmsav7_use_background_region(cpu, mmu_idx, secure, is_user)) {
                 /* background fault */
                 fi->type = ARMFault_Background;
                 return true;
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ bool pmsav8_mpu_lookup(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t address,
     } else if (m_is_ppb_region(env, address)) {
         hit = true;
     } else {
-        if (pmsav7_use_background_region(cpu, mmu_idx, is_user)) {
+        if (pmsav7_use_background_region(cpu, mmu_idx, secure, is_user)) {
             hit = true;
         }