diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_sdma.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_sdma.c
index ef19d39a44b14b15ecaecdd13997bf3c8f1eef31..0c204776263f2da7911126de46a37ff7219a3fcc 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_sdma.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static int qib_user_sdma_pin_pages(const struct qib_devdata *dd,
 		else
 			j = npages;
 
-		ret = get_user_pages_fast(addr, j, 0, pages);
+		ret = get_user_pages_fast(addr, j, FOLL_LONGTERM, pages);
 		if (ret != j) {
 			i = 0;
 			j = ret;