diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
index 5c39e4c4bef7..1a5805260778 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static void rtrs_clt_init_req(struct rtrs_clt_io_req *req,
 	req->need_inv_comp = false;
 	req->inv_errno = 0;
 
-	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, READ, vec, 1, usr_len);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, vec, 1, usr_len);
 	len = _copy_from_iter(req->iu->buf, usr_len, &iter);
 	WARN_ON(len != usr_len);