diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 4dc0a8785fe0d250e1b8217c79d38915ae388ef7..88070a7cde4890cdb9e0d23893e5551196857d0a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ static void mlx5_ib_disassociate_ucontext(struct ib_ucontext *ibcontext)
 	/* need to protect from a race on closing the vma as part of
 	 * mlx5_ib_vma_close.
 	 */
-	down_read(&owning_mm->mmap_sem);
+	down_write(&owning_mm->mmap_sem);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(vma_private, n, &context->vma_private_list,
 				 list) {
 		vma = vma_private->vma;
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ static void mlx5_ib_disassociate_ucontext(struct ib_ucontext *ibcontext)
 		list_del(&vma_private->list);
 		kfree(vma_private);
 	}
-	up_read(&owning_mm->mmap_sem);
+	up_write(&owning_mm->mmap_sem);
 	mmput(owning_mm);
 	put_task_struct(owning_process);
 }