diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
index adc693736769..a2a354a0fbef 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
@@ -4985,11 +4985,13 @@ int bnxt_re_mmap(struct ib_ucontext *ib_uctx, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	case BNXT_RE_MMAP_DBR_PAGE:
 	case BNXT_RE_MMAP_TOGGLE_PAGE:
 		/* Driver doesn't expect write access for user space */
-		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
+		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
-		else
+		} else {
+			vm_flags_clear(vma, VM_MAYWRITE);
 			ret = vm_insert_page(vma, vma->vm_start,
 					     virt_to_page((void *)bnxt_entry->mem_offset));
+		}
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;