diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index b5074a344635..87d31921b66c 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_api(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 	struct uffdio_api uffdio_api;
 	void __user *buf = (void __user *)arg;
 	int ret;
+	__u64 features;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (ctx->state != UFFD_STATE_WAIT_API)
@@ -1292,21 +1293,23 @@ static int userfaultfd_api(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 	ret = -EFAULT;
 	if (copy_from_user(&uffdio_api, buf, sizeof(uffdio_api)))
 		goto out;
-	if (uffdio_api.api != UFFD_API ||
-	    (uffdio_api.features & ~UFFD_API_FEATURES)) {
+	features = uffdio_api.features;
+	if (uffdio_api.api != UFFD_API || (features & ~UFFD_API_FEATURES)) {
 		memset(&uffdio_api, 0, sizeof(uffdio_api));
 		if (copy_to_user(buf, &uffdio_api, sizeof(uffdio_api)))
 			goto out;
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	uffdio_api.features &= UFFD_API_FEATURES;
+	/* report all available features and ioctls to userland */
+	uffdio_api.features = UFFD_API_FEATURES;
 	uffdio_api.ioctls = UFFD_API_IOCTLS;
 	ret = -EFAULT;
 	if (copy_to_user(buf, &uffdio_api, sizeof(uffdio_api)))
 		goto out;
 	ctx->state = UFFD_STATE_RUNNING;
-	ctx->features = uffd_ctx_features(uffdio_api.features);
+	/* only enable the requested features for this uffd context */
+	ctx->features = uffd_ctx_features(features);
 	ret = 0;
 out:
 	return ret;