diff --git a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
index f0c0018ad8d12e971cfd6f2275dac6dba0c93234..0da063ae0e5dcb015c1fa01b4ce6febb4e47ddd0 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
@@ -214,10 +214,10 @@ static int xdp_umem_pin_pages(struct xdp_umem *umem)
 	if (!umem->pgs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-	npgs = get_user_pages(umem->address, umem->npgs,
-			      gup_flags, &umem->pgs[0], NULL);
-	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	npgs = get_user_pages_longterm(umem->address, umem->npgs,
+				       gup_flags, &umem->pgs[0], NULL);
+	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	if (npgs != umem->npgs) {
 		if (npgs >= 0) {