diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
index cc1d64765ce7..4a4cb7cd86b2 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
@@ -317,6 +317,32 @@ static int put_pfn(unsigned long pfn, int prot)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int follow_fault_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mm_struct *mm,
+			    unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long *pfn,
+			    bool write_fault)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = follow_pfn(vma, vaddr, pfn);
+	if (ret) {
+		bool unlocked = false;
+
+		ret = fixup_user_fault(NULL, mm, vaddr,
+				       FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE |
+				       (write_fault ?  FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0),
+				       &unlocked);
+		if (unlocked)
+			return -EAGAIN;
+
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = follow_pfn(vma, vaddr, pfn);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int vaddr_get_pfn(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr,
 			 int prot, unsigned long *pfn)
 {
@@ -339,12 +365,16 @@ static int vaddr_get_pfn(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr,
 
 	vaddr = untagged_addr(vaddr);
 
+retry:
 	vma = find_vma_intersection(mm, vaddr, vaddr + 1);
 
 	if (vma && vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP) {
-		if (!follow_pfn(vma, vaddr, pfn) &&
-		    is_invalid_reserved_pfn(*pfn))
-			ret = 0;
+		ret = follow_fault_pfn(vma, mm, vaddr, pfn, prot & IOMMU_WRITE);
+		if (ret == -EAGAIN)
+			goto retry;
+
+		if (!ret && !is_invalid_reserved_pfn(*pfn))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 	}
 done:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);