diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
index 1fc75647e47bf1839c3c743f4ad051785c4d4dc9..34ffca6184270d951344f7bc649fe215d59549ad 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static int hfi1_file_mmap(struct file *fp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		vmf = 1;
 		break;
 	case STATUS:
-		if (flags & (unsigned long)(VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC)) {
+		if (flags & VM_WRITE) {
 			ret = -EPERM;
 			goto done;
 		}