diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 37d4cfa5d980..c73c028d72c1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -2456,6 +2456,7 @@ static int snp_launch_update(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_sev_cmd *argp)
 	sev_populate_args.type = params.type;
 
 	count = kvm_gmem_populate(kvm, params.gfn_start, src, npages,
+				  params.type == KVM_SEV_SNP_PAGE_TYPE_CPUID,
 				  sev_gmem_post_populate, &sev_populate_args);
 	if (count < 0) {
 		argp->error = sev_populate_args.fw_error;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
index b8c3d3d8bbfe..00dcfcbc47f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
@@ -3185,7 +3185,7 @@ static int tdx_vcpu_init_mem_region(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_tdx_cmd *c
 		};
 		gmem_ret = kvm_gmem_populate(kvm, gpa_to_gfn(region.gpa),
 					     u64_to_user_ptr(region.source_addr),
-					     1, tdx_gmem_post_populate, &arg);
+					     1, false, tdx_gmem_post_populate, &arg);
 		if (gmem_ret < 0) {
 			ret = gmem_ret;
 			break;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 4c14aee1fb06..2c5ad9a6d5ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2596,7 +2596,8 @@ int kvm_arch_gmem_prepare(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn, int max_ord
 typedef int (*kvm_gmem_populate_cb)(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn,
 				    struct page *page, void *opaque);
 
-long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, void __user *src, long npages,
+long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src,
+		       long npages, bool may_writeback_src,
 		       kvm_gmem_populate_cb post_populate, void *opaque);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 69c9d6d546b2..07d8db344872 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -858,7 +858,8 @@ static long __kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src, long npages,
+long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src,
+		       long npages, bool may_writeback_src,
 		       kvm_gmem_populate_cb post_populate, void *opaque)
 {
 	struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
@@ -892,8 +893,9 @@ long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src, long
 
 		if (src) {
 			unsigned long uaddr = (unsigned long)src + i * PAGE_SIZE;
+			unsigned int flags = may_writeback_src ? FOLL_WRITE : 0;
 
-			ret = get_user_pages_fast(uaddr, 1, 0, &src_page);
+			ret = get_user_pages_fast(uaddr, 1, flags, &src_page);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				break;
 			if (ret != 1) {