diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
index 21e60b1e2ff41b1c27e98ebad68e5f4b0ccb7f42..130606c3b07c15f03e5481b1cf22831a7c9a8e85 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
 	sg_list_start = umem->sg_head.sgl;
 
 	while (npages) {
-		ret = get_user_pages(cur_base,
+		ret = get_user_pages_longterm(cur_base,
 				     min_t(unsigned long, npages,
 					   PAGE_SIZE / sizeof (struct page *)),
 				     gup_flags, page_list, vma_list);