diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index bfc7c332c5d70caf1c1bd7a5b33199b6baf64273..675d010995a266273ece8db88014e278abc7dd39 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4296,7 +4296,7 @@ int kvm_arch_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 			userspace_addr = do_mmap(NULL, 0,
 						 npages * PAGE_SIZE,
 						 PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
-						 MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS,
+						 MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS,
 						 0);
 			up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);