diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 6ad0489..f2a1ad9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@
 		if (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start != PAGE_SIZE)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC))
+		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
 			return -EPERM;
 
 		/* Don't expose to user-space information it shouldn't have */