diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
index d8c3c15..71a19d2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
@@ -271,7 +271,14 @@
 		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
 		if (pgd_none(pgd))
 			goto slow;
-		if (!gup_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, write, pages, &nr))
+		/*
+		 * The FAST_GUP case requires FOLL_WRITE even for pure reads,
+		 * because get_user_pages() may need to cause an early COW in
+		 * order to avoid confusing the normal COW routines. So only
+		 * targets that are already writable are safe to do by just
+		 * looking at the page tables.
+		 */
+		if (!gup_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, 1, pages, &nr))
 			goto slow;
 	} while (pgdp++, addr = next, addr != end);
 	local_irq_enable();