diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
index 61aab7c0c513..45c421c87100 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,9 @@ static int devx_umem_get(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct ib_ucontext *ucontext,
 
 	err = uverbs_get_flags32(&access, attrs,
 				 MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_UMEM_REG_ACCESS,
-				 IB_ACCESS_SUPPORTED);
+				 IB_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE |
+				 IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_WRITE |
+				 IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_READ);
 	if (err)
 		return err;