diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c
index ef28f3b37b93216bf9a7b50f296f21fcdff62261..e35cca96bbef45489808ffbd931fa023a6493cdf 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/memory.c
@@ -2312,8 +2312,7 @@ static int get_user_memory(struct hl_device *hdev, u64 addr, u64 size,
 	if (!userptr->pages)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	rc = pin_user_pages_fast(start, npages,
-				 FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_LONGTERM,
+	rc = pin_user_pages_fast(start, npages, FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_LONGTERM,
 				 userptr->pages);
 
 	if (rc != npages) {