diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
index 60598867f94837b1bd80b1c1637ad32fc0011ffd..3d9bce4bfcc7ac26c7b60d5a002881d3face49c9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
@@ -597,6 +597,10 @@ 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)) {
+			ret = -EPERM;
+			goto done;
+		}
 		memaddr = kvirt_to_phys((void *)dd->status);
 		memlen = PAGE_SIZE;
 		flags |= VM_IO | VM_DONTEXPAND;