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diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 42b8b1fa6521..b94717977d17 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1558,9 +1558,12 @@ long faultin_vma_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
gup_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
/*
- * See check_vma_flags(): Will return -EFAULT on incompatible mappings
- * or with insufficient permissions.
+ * We want to report -EINVAL instead of -EFAULT for any permission
+ * problems or incompatible mappings.
*/
+ if (check_vma_flags(vma, gup_flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
return __get_user_pages(mm, start, nr_pages, gup_flags,
NULL, NULL, locked);
}