diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index d0f0bef3be48..93e332d5ed77 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1955,12 +1955,17 @@ int fixup_user_fault(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		     unsigned long address, unsigned int fault_flags)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+	vm_flags_t vm_flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	vma = find_extend_vma(mm, address);
 	if (!vma || address < vma->vm_start)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	vm_flags = (fault_flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) ? VM_WRITE : VM_READ;
+	if (!(vm_flags & vma->vm_flags))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	ret = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, fault_flags);
 	if (ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR) {
 		if (ret & VM_FAULT_OOM)