diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_pages.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_pages.c
index f4b5f05058e4c6713a9bfb8a2afff4e106bf4497..f693bc753b6b1de8a45cd1e379ef98ea9342d44e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_pages.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_pages.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int qib_get_user_pages(unsigned long start_page, size_t num_pages,
 	for (got = 0; got < num_pages; got += ret) {
 		ret = pin_user_pages(start_page + got * PAGE_SIZE,
 				     num_pages - got,
-				     FOLL_LONGTERM | FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_FORCE,
+				     FOLL_LONGTERM | FOLL_WRITE,
 				     p + got, NULL);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mmap_read_unlock(current->mm);