diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_pages.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_pages.c
index 16543d5e80c3..075f09fb7ce3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_pages.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_pages.c
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ static int __qib_get_user_pages(unsigned long start_page, size_t num_pages,
 	}
 
 	for (got = 0; got < num_pages; got += ret) {
-		ret = get_user_pages(start_page + got * PAGE_SIZE,
-				     num_pages - got,
-				     FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_FORCE,
-				     p + got, NULL);
+		ret = get_user_pages_longterm(start_page + got * PAGE_SIZE,
+					      num_pages - got,
+					      FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_FORCE,
+					      p + got, NULL);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto bail_release;
 	}