diff --git a/include/exec/cpu-common.h b/include/exec/cpu-common.h
index 8812ba744d..a4bb4e6680 100644
--- a/include/exec/cpu-common.h
+++ b/include/exec/cpu-common.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ G_NORETURN void cpu_loop_exit_restore(CPUState *cpu, uintptr_t pc);
 #define PAGE_READ      0x0001
 #define PAGE_WRITE     0x0002
 #define PAGE_EXEC      0x0004
-#define PAGE_BITS      (PAGE_READ | PAGE_WRITE | PAGE_EXEC)
+#define PAGE_RWX       (PAGE_READ | PAGE_WRITE | PAGE_EXEC)
 #define PAGE_VALID     0x0008
 /*
  * Original state of the write flag (used when tracking self-modifying code)
diff --git a/accel/tcg/user-exec.c b/accel/tcg/user-exec.c
index 1c621477ad..a81e3cc920 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/user-exec.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/user-exec.c
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ int page_unprotect(target_ulong address, uintptr_t pc)
         if (prot & PAGE_EXEC) {
             prot = (prot & ~PAGE_EXEC) | PAGE_READ;
         }
-        mprotect((void *)g2h_untagged(start), len, prot & PAGE_BITS);
+        mprotect((void *)g2h_untagged(start), len, prot & PAGE_RWX);
     }
     mmap_unlock();
 
diff --git a/bsd-user/mmap.c b/bsd-user/mmap.c
index 3ef11b2807..c785615392 100644
--- a/bsd-user/mmap.c
+++ b/bsd-user/mmap.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int target_mprotect(abi_ulong start, abi_ulong len, int prot)
             end = host_end;
         }
         ret = mprotect(g2h_untagged(host_start),
-                       qemu_host_page_size, prot1 & PAGE_BITS);
+                       qemu_host_page_size, prot1 & PAGE_RWX);
         if (ret != 0)
             goto error;
         host_start += qemu_host_page_size;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int target_mprotect(abi_ulong start, abi_ulong len, int prot)
             prot1 |= page_get_flags(addr);
         }
         ret = mprotect(g2h_untagged(host_end - qemu_host_page_size),
-                       qemu_host_page_size, prot1 & PAGE_BITS);
+                       qemu_host_page_size, prot1 & PAGE_RWX);
         if (ret != 0)
             goto error;
         host_end -= qemu_host_page_size;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int mmap_frag(abi_ulong real_start,
             return -1;
         prot1 = prot;
     }
-    prot1 &= PAGE_BITS;
+    prot1 &= PAGE_RWX;
 
     prot_new = prot | prot1;
     if (fd != -1) {
diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index f9461d2844..41fae2b520 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ static bool zero_bss(abi_ulong start_bss, abi_ulong end_bss,
     if (start_bss < align_bss) {
         int flags = page_get_flags(start_bss);
 
-        if (!(flags & PAGE_BITS)) {
+        if (!(flags & PAGE_RWX)) {
             /*
              * The whole address space of the executable was reserved
              * at the start, therefore all pages will be VALID.
diff --git a/linux-user/mmap.c b/linux-user/mmap.c
index be3b9a68eb..66a1631094 100644
--- a/linux-user/mmap.c
+++ b/linux-user/mmap.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static void shm_region_rm_complete(abi_ptr start, abi_ptr last)
 static int validate_prot_to_pageflags(int prot)
 {
     int valid = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC | TARGET_PROT_SEM;
-    int page_flags = (prot & PAGE_BITS) | PAGE_VALID;
+    int page_flags = (prot & PAGE_RWX) | PAGE_VALID;
 
 #ifdef TARGET_AARCH64
     {
diff --git a/target/cris/mmu.c b/target/cris/mmu.c
index b574ec6e5b..c25c31c9f8 100644
--- a/target/cris/mmu.c
+++ b/target/cris/mmu.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int cris_mmu_translate(struct cris_mmu_result *res,
 
     if (!cris_mmu_enabled(env->sregs[SFR_RW_GC_CFG])) {
         res->phy = vaddr;
-        res->prot = PAGE_BITS;
+        res->prot = PAGE_RWX;
         goto done;
     }
 
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ int cris_mmu_translate(struct cris_mmu_result *res,
         miss = 0;
         base = cris_mmu_translate_seg(env, seg);
         res->phy = base | (0x0fffffff & vaddr);
-        res->prot = PAGE_BITS;
+        res->prot = PAGE_RWX;
     } else {
         miss = cris_mmu_translate_page(res, env, vaddr, access_type,
                                        is_user, debug);
diff --git a/target/microblaze/helper.c b/target/microblaze/helper.c
index d25c9eb4d3..ff5f86ddc2 100644
--- a/target/microblaze/helper.c
+++ b/target/microblaze/helper.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ bool mb_cpu_tlb_fill(CPUState *cs, vaddr address, int size,
     if (mmu_idx == MMU_NOMMU_IDX) {
         /* MMU disabled or not available.  */
         address &= TARGET_PAGE_MASK;
-        prot = PAGE_BITS;
+        prot = PAGE_RWX;
         tlb_set_page_with_attrs(cs, address, address, attrs, prot, mmu_idx,
                                 TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
         return true;
