diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index baa741c2b81c4cd1b1e88327a17bbae3308daca0..49ac13872e09118a04273f68339cce9c73d7913d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3116,7 +3116,7 @@ int __kvm_vcpu_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn, struct kvm_host_map *map,
 	struct kvm_follow_pfn kfp = {
 		.slot = gfn_to_memslot(vcpu->kvm, gfn),
 		.gfn = gfn,
-		.flags = FOLL_WRITE,
+		.flags = writable ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
 		.refcounted_page = &map->pinned_page,
 		.pin = true,
 	};