diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 51ff6b342279..fda2126f9a97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ static struct page **sev_pin_memory(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long uaddr,
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* Pin the user virtual address. */
-	npinned = get_user_pages_fast(uaddr, npages, FOLL_WRITE, pages);
+	npinned = get_user_pages_fast(uaddr, npages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0, pages);
 	if (npinned != npages) {
 		pr_err("SEV: Failure locking %lu pages.\n", npages);
 		goto err;