diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntalloc.c b/drivers/xen/gntalloc.c
index a7ffdfe..f6832f4 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/gntalloc.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/gntalloc.c
@@ -427,6 +427,17 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void gntalloc_vma_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct gntalloc_gref *gref = vma->vm_private_data;
+	if (!gref)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&gref_lock);
+	gref->users++;
+	spin_unlock(&gref_lock);
+}
+
 static void gntalloc_vma_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct gntalloc_gref *gref = vma->vm_private_data;
@@ -441,6 +452,7 @@
 }
 
 static struct vm_operations_struct gntalloc_vmops = {
+	.open = gntalloc_vma_open,
 	.close = gntalloc_vma_close,
 };
 
@@ -471,8 +483,6 @@
 	vma->vm_private_data = gref;
 
 	vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTCOPY;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_PFNMAP | VM_PFN_AT_MMAP;
 
 	vma->vm_ops = &gntalloc_vmops;
 
diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
index d96d311..687761f 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
@@ -358,17 +358,26 @@
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
+static void gntdev_vma_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct grant_map *map = vma->vm_private_data;
+
+	pr_debug("gntdev_vma_open %p\n", vma);
+	atomic_inc(&map->users);
+}
+
 static void gntdev_vma_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct grant_map *map = vma->vm_private_data;
 
-	pr_debug("close %p\n", vma);
+	pr_debug("gntdev_vma_close %p\n", vma);
 	map->vma = NULL;
 	vma->vm_private_data = NULL;
 	gntdev_put_map(map);
 }
 
 static struct vm_operations_struct gntdev_vmops = {
+	.open = gntdev_vma_open,
 	.close = gntdev_vma_close,
 };
 
@@ -680,7 +689,10 @@
 
 	vma->vm_ops = &gntdev_vmops;
 
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED|VM_DONTCOPY|VM_DONTEXPAND|VM_PFNMAP;
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED|VM_DONTEXPAND;
+
+	if (use_ptemod)
+		vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTCOPY|VM_PFNMAP;
 
 	vma->vm_private_data = map;