diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 45f6bf68fff3ed30df0f85d98c0f644c320a9bf7..f1e1927ccd484e7372fe2a38db7455468bbf06e8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ static ssize_t mem_rw(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	if (!mmget_not_zero(mm))
 		goto free;
 
-	flags = write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0;
+	flags = FOLL_FORCE | (write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0);
 
 	while (count > 0) {
 		int this_len = min_t(int, count, PAGE_SIZE);