diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
index 410cc5fd2523..b81b03aa2a62 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -1349,7 +1349,8 @@ static bool can_use_umr_rereg_access(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 	unsigned int diffs = current_access_flags ^ target_access_flags;
 
 	if (diffs & ~(IB_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE | IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_WRITE |
-		      IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_READ | IB_ACCESS_RELAXED_ORDERING))
+		      IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_READ | IB_ACCESS_RELAXED_ORDERING |
+		      IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_ATOMIC))
 		return false;
 	return mlx5r_umr_can_reconfig(dev, current_access_flags,
 				      target_access_flags);