diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index f9def2dfdba3..687f99172037 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -2073,7 +2073,7 @@ static int mlx5_ib_mmap_clock_info_page(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 
 	if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC))
 		return -EPERM;
-	vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC);
+	vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_MAYWRITE;
 
 	if (!dev->mdev->clock_info)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;