diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/us122l.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/us122l.c
index d0323a693ba2..999550bbad40 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/us122l.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/us122l.c
@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@ static int usb_stream_hwdep_mmap(struct snd_hwdep *hw,
 	}
 
 	area->vm_ops = &usb_stream_hwdep_vm_ops;
-	area->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP;
+	area->vm_flags |= VM_DONTDUMP;
+	if (!read)
+		area->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND;
 	area->vm_private_data = us122l;
 	atomic_inc(&us122l->mmap_count);
 out: