diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
index 55767ad..6751ce9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 	 * make sure we exit gracefully rather than endlessly redo
 	 * the fault.
 	 */
-	fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, write);
+	fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, write ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;