diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_uiom.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_uiom.c
index 67923ced6e2d193426d1ca720d1b5c55161df555..c301b3be9f303dde94229ebf09e3d5fc96976fc6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_uiom.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_uiom.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ static int usnic_uiom_get_pages(unsigned long addr, size_t size, int writable,
 				int dmasync, struct usnic_uiom_reg *uiomr)
 {
 	struct list_head *chunk_list = &uiomr->chunk_list;
+	unsigned int gup_flags = FOLL_LONGTERM;
 	struct page **page_list;
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	struct usnic_uiom_chunk *chunk;
@@ -96,7 +97,6 @@ static int usnic_uiom_get_pages(unsigned long addr, size_t size, int writable,
 	int off;
 	int i;
 	dma_addr_t pa;
-	unsigned int gup_flags;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 
 	/*
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ static int usnic_uiom_get_pages(unsigned long addr, size_t size, int writable,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	gup_flags = FOLL_WRITE;
-	gup_flags |= (writable) ? 0 : FOLL_FORCE;
+	if (writable)
+		gup_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
 	cur_base = addr & PAGE_MASK;
 	ret = 0;
 
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ static int usnic_uiom_get_pages(unsigned long addr, size_t size, int writable,
 		ret = pin_user_pages(cur_base,
 				     min_t(unsigned long, npages,
 				     PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct page *)),
-				     gup_flags | FOLL_LONGTERM,
-				     page_list, NULL);
+				     gup_flags, page_list, NULL);
 
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;